That was inspirational; thanks so much for posting it. As a libertarian, it's tempting to focus on liberty to the exclusion of fraternity (or, the gender-neutral humanity) and equality. A reminder of the value of the other two (when rightly viewed) is always welcome.
Thanks for posting this. It's just beautiful.
"Only a few years ago a man had to believe in the total depravity of the human heart in order to be respectable."
Frankly, I feel like making a snarky comment about how it's still this way - but it was probably far worse in those days.
I'm surprised that I never saw this before. Thanks for making it available!
Ingersoll is always a treasure, at least to me. I'm glad others are finding the values in his work.
"They[Putitans] believed that every man should know how to read and how to write, and should find out all that his capacity allowed him to comprehend."
That is beautiful.
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