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There must be a supreme being, but jehovah is not his name, and the. Robert green bob ingersoll was an american writer and orator during the golden age of free thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. Collected by positive atheism cliff walker, webmaster off site ingersoll the magnificent 1957 book by joseph lewis. Click download or read online button to get best of robert ingersoll book now. Why i am an agnostic by robert green ingersoll, paperback. Robert green ingersoll 18331899 was one of the most famous orators and agnostics of the latter nineteenth century in america, and his writings and speeches still are quoted today. August 11, 1833 july 21, 1899 was an american writer and orator during the golden age of free thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. As an enlightened freethinker and pioneer of humane, rational, and agnostic views, ingersoll was a tireless advocate of rational thought, who battled superstition and hypocrisy wherever he found it. Class 42 syllabus ingersoll and american freethought. Robert ingersoll and american freethought wrote the foreword. What a marvelous experience it is, in the politically divided american society today, to discover a great 19th century american, robert ingersoll.
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