Elbert Hubbard on Robert Green Ingersoll

Extent:
16 p.
Scope and content:

[Discusses English and Scotch ancestry and gives brief family description; reports on Ingersoll's military career and his rise in the Republican party; discusses his law practice and his career as a noted and highly paid lecturer who spoke against popular religious beliefs; lists the honors received by Ingersoll and his donations to charities; recalls his notoriety as an orator and provides excerpts from his lectures, his opinion of Bible translations, and on immorality, including critics' comments; gives the text of his creed ("My Religion"), his funeral oration for his brother Ebon C. Ingersoll, and the text of his poem "The Declaration of the Free." These last three pieces were read at Robert Green Ingersoll's own funeral.]

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968