The sun., 1878-01-29
COL. INGERS0LL'S LECTURE.
A sPTRIITD ORITION ON THr LIBERTY
or MAN, UONfN. And tisILD.

a sPTRJTFD ORfTION ON yHT LIBERTY
or MAN, UONiN. And tsILD.
ne slavery or Irnornnce-row the slow
Goerr Cry cut against the fieet-Those
who Lead Called Berctics-The Result OF
Forcing " en- to Profess that they Relieve.
Col Robert g. Ingersoll Of Illinois deliv-
srrd in ChicLering lla,flnst evcn,n.. hislcture
on The Liberty OF Man. Woman and Child.'
He said that there were excellent. rious and
honest people who did not agree wi,h him. all
Of which proved simply that he did not agree
with them. He believed there was no slavery
except ignorance. Liberty Is a simple question
OF Intellectual development; and question of
honesty. II there is y man who is not willing
to give to every other human hcirg every right
tha, lie claims for himself. he IS natural horn
rascal. If there Is person who II not willing
10 give me all the rights he claims for himself,
he is Just so inuch nearer u barbarian than
nm. lApplause.l 1t IS question CT
intellectual calihre-oi brain. Tho race
has improved only rs II has been free. He had
seen the models illustrating the progress OF
man. from the dug-out to the man-of-wnr; from
tho ton,-tom TO the instruments o: to-day that
make the air blossom with melody; from the
painting and sculpture Of the savage up to the
statuafy OF to-day; from the books on leaves OF
bark 10 the illustrated editions OF Shake
staarc: froin tle crooked stick OF the savage
agriculturst to tho steam plough and the
reaper Until science Ind touched agriculture
the agricuurst remained Ignorant and super
st.tious. Every branch OF business that de-
pends upon tie unknown must mnglc with
superstition. Even the skulls OF the modern
man were indicative of progress. for in the old
groped the Shiny passions and hatreds OF men.
while in the new dwclt love. liberty. and right
lapplause and yet the old skull called the new
one n hereto lLaughterl 1t was always SO.
that the lower denounces the higher. No man
in this world has been called hereto unless he
was in advance. lApplause.l The hereto Is the
name that the rotting calls the growing; 1t Is
what the stencil calls the perfume. ILaughterl
Hcresy extends the hos piaities OF the brain to
any new thought. Orthodoxy is the dead leaves.
md heresy the bud and blossom 81 the top.
There is the same difference that there is be-
pose the, old king and priest had said
tural implement. wouli that have Stopped
the improvement OF agriculiuref Tho gem
tleman in the due-out had his IDEAS of me.
chanics and politirs--the iden that IN gh. makes
right. IL will take thousands OF years before
the world will bel. ,,vin-iy say that right makes
There has not been patentable mprovement
upon the old Devil in 1000 years. u.aughter.l
equal right To guess. Any clt'zn mas the right
to give his opinion about subject unon which
no one KNOWS anything. lINukllfT.l our an
cestors had the idea that they could force men
% think their own way. and many have that
idea to-day. But YOU cannot force men 10 think
a. YOU do you cnn only force them TO le hypo-
critics. All the mechanics in the world cannot
make two wat hes keep time together. and how
much more difficult TO make men agree; and
what dreadlully stupid world il would be- il
they did agree Appla.ns..ii 80 80 one , has eye,
BAN BAN Pene mem have only been 0 persecnsd for for
calling God good. No man ever prosecuted
smother in defence Of The truth John
God. AMI Servetus believed that Christ was the
Son Of Eternal God and for this difference Of
John Calvin stood and grinned at him like n
hyena. The thumbscrew had heen, used in the
that If they had tried the thumbscrew on him he
would nave believed in one hell or million.
one God or = million. and would have only said.
g Stop that!' lLaughterl
Looking at the Horrible torturcs that have
been inflicted in the name OF universal beneyo-
l"nce. at the thumhscrrw applied oy Catholics:
Episcopalians and Presbyt~rans. he said IL
there is a man in this city who VIII not vote for
another because he is OF different creed. or
who would NOT uray with another of different
faith. that man has the same helsh spirit that
msde every insirumentM ~ Il torture @ IN ths w9rds
lived he would do what he could TO preserve
and augment tn li3sry Of man. woman. and
the greatest amount OF work in the shortest
amount Of time. il there were any who were
talking for you" lAppause:l He believed in
aosoqte ,b eaaaiY o. Gh 70 lreo isouGh IN
place. II happiness ever dies clergymen
Will be the pail bearers, for they do not add
g the happiness and pleasure o. this world.
The place 10 be- happy Is here. and the time now.
He did not believe in drinking skim milk in
this life for the expectation Of better IN the next.
lGrent laughterl Human liberty was 81 so re-
cent dnte that the world had not been IN place
L. live for gentleman or lady untll within iilty
years. But now in this country we have pro-
Eressed SO far that i is not SUN lent for a man
to holdnn ofiice-he has got To MI u. lApplause;l
but we worship the gold Of the cai,And even tie
calves are beginning 10 know Il. The funerals
OF lew milllonaires have shown US that II
takes more than gold to make a man in the
United States. lApplause.l
Even n Gerniany how much greater, is Bis
inarck han the Emperor william In Eng.
George Ehot is lnsrn by divine right of
genius. Applause The time is coming when
every man and woman Will te Judged by heart
and brain. The phys,,al lln.rty oI man ~.
gIfs me r,Gat q ra ,nk M rgEt ana sf Err,
wait I'll We have u generation VI fr"e brains.
Eyeiy creed that We now have is marked 10y the
whip and chain and faggot. Just in proportion
n a man u base ana ignorant and mean does
hethink he Is h"ti,r than any woman.
Q: The rreHilon he expressed his preference for
th" lA,,cr, though there Wore plous people who
would tolir,e VA, tho Brahmin story, which
rop'eI from IT, Ho iovtd hat vcrsc which read.
Blesged that man and beloved ~ an the
& mo' w.n,f o,,, ,,T"'d OF no man. and OF whom no
10 ne,1 ~ 9utemIt and athorrcnce the doc
irines of those loug-haircd men and short
haired women who denounced the institution
VI marriage. There Is no happiness outside of
:hc family. ana no hal pnrss in the family
whore the man wanted 10 be boss. The fellow
IN the dug -ont was always hlSing about being
boss. He pictured IL" man bothered with the
ala re OF lito--the momrntous question who
should De Alderman oi the 18th Ward or dis
turbed 70 find out 20 winch party the President
belongs llau@htctl going hon" sud i,4rgeltins
mat MS WI" las i."r cares also. When she
asked fol. dollar this man would ask. Whore
T. tre MY cents | guye yOuf Laughter.
woman should b" cqua! in The family. and
should vote Il she wants 10.
The success n man II the n4Rn WHO II happy
by making somebody ese laIpy, and the
IuinDest French poasnrt IN his cottage homo
may have b"on Anpp.er and more successful
than Napoleon. As n the wnmcn's voting. II
they could get the country into a worse puddle
than be himself hai. Ir.prd 10 get II H. would
Tisl II. lLaugAicLl Every man ought to hr
"iNiliH'I enough 90 inN" r.I" u' ~ ."asi ono
womtn The family il tho l.rg"st -or.oty that
ought 20 exist 1uur'iiLg iho gu,ernm,I.t Of
Children be- conNaril"l the ats"at llrNy
He kept the house a lnals ul inuEl.t"g with
Ms GrScT n, Ons oi nid-t irc lr'til i- and turi-
tuui al Suncays He regarded iy ng ~ a., iul-
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