“America doesn't know today how proud she ought to be of her Ingersoll .” — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“One of the bravest, grandest champions of human liberty the world has ever seen. {Darrow on the great Robert Ingersoll }” — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“ Ingersoll is with Homer and Tully and Shakespeare and Burns .” — William Stewart Ross Copy Share Image
“Those who were busy to wish you a Happy Birthday Will be Less busy to wish you Rest In Peace. We cherished… — Robert Amoani Copy Share Image
“ He had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. {Edison's opinion of… — Thomas Edison Copy Share Image
“Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his . His was a great… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“ Robert Ingersoll came to [a small Midwest town] to speak . . . , and after he had gone the question… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century. {Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll }” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“ Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact, with all his wit, humor, raillery, persiflage, he was the profoundest logician that ever appealed to the… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow;… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“ Ingersoll could not understand the mind of those who, once having been told the truth, preferred to remain under the spell… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“Shocked? I consider Bob one of the constellations of our time — of our country — America — a bright, magnificent constellation.… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“ He bantered us, challenged us, electrified us . . . At times his eloquence held us silent as images and some… — Hamlin Garland Copy Share Image
“I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“{ Bjørnson on the great Colonel Robert Ingersoll , whom he translated into Norwegian } I am very sorry that, when I… — Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Copy Share Image
“The death of Robert G. Ingersoll , on July 21, 1899, was one of the most widely -- noted events of that… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of Robert Ingersoll , just after the news of Robert's death} We were inexpressibly shocked… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“ He is a type of our best — our rarest. Electrical, I was going to say, beyond anyone, perhaps, ever was:… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“The name of Robert G. Ingersoll is in the pantheon of the world. More than any other man who ever lived he… — Eugene Victor Debs Copy Share Image
“ Robert Ingersoll 's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none… — Charles Spalding Thomas Copy Share Image
“{ Letter from Fawcett to the great Robert Ingersoll , 1894 } I do so wish, that, in all these big questions,… — Edgar Fawcett Copy Share Image
“{ Miller, who was president of American Federation of Musicians, had this to say about Robert Ingersoll at his funeral } On… — Owen Miller Copy Share Image
“ Paine was a grand fellow — high—with the most splendid sense of justice. But he was a reasoner — not warm… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the Ingersoll 's,… — Moncure Daniel Conway Copy Share Image
“{ The resolution of the surviving members of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, whom Robert Ingersoll was the commander of, at his funeral… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“We not only do not believe that man is punished for his 'sins,' but emphatically state that there is no such thing… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“{ The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll 's funeral, quoted here } Whereas, in the order of nature -- that nature which… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“When I visited George Bernard Shaw , in 1948, at his home in Aylot, a suburb of London, he was extremely anxious… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“No institution of learning of Ingersoll 's day had courage enough to confer upon him an honorary degree; not only for his… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“I remember on one of my many visits with Thomas A. Edison , I brought up the question of Ingersoll . I… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“{Debbs' letter to Robert Ingersoll 's granddaughter} I was the friend of your immortal grandfather and I loved him truly… the name… — Eugene Victor Debs Copy Share Image
“England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“{ Stockton, a playwright who performed plays about Robert Ingersoll , gives the four moments in Ingersoll 's life that shaped him,… — Richard F. Stockton Copy Share Image
“ Could I but acquaint the world with Robert G. Ingersoll 's humanity, with his ideas and his sentiments of love, patience… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I… — Robert M. La Follette Copy Share Image
“I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“{ Colonel Carr's testimony of Colonel Robert Ingersoll at his funeral } He was the boldest, most aggressive, courageous, virile, and the… — Eugene Asa Carr Copy Share Image
![“Robert Ingersoll came to [a small Midwest town] to speak . . . , and after he had gone the question of the divinity of Christ for months occupied the minds of the citizens.” quote by Sherwood Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f2f/sherwood-anderson-2780_agnosticism_robert-ingersoll-came-to-a-small-midwest_1074911.png)
