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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 18:05:32 EDT
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Friends:

Margaret mentioned Robert Ingersoll as a candidate for atheism in 19th century
U.S.  While Margaret was off tending to school business, I searched the Web
for information about him.  There are tons of sites.  One of particular
interest to me was the following:

     http://users.aol.com/ahumanist/rgi/ip_chaptersTbl/01chicago/1880.html

It is a Chicago Tribune account of a speech by Ingersoll on September 20,
1880,
titled "What Must We Do in Order to be Saved."  In many other sites Ingersoll
is identified as one of the great orators of the 19th century.  This speech
suggests why he was so regarded. It is a stem-winder, putting me in touch with
19th century oratory as a form of entertainmet/expression.  (I think you'll
enjoy it, Margaret.  I can see why "your" devout Presbyterian didn't cotton to
the content.)

Louis Forsdale