Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his day, invited to many banquets, parties and gravesides of famous persons, filling huge lecture halls before, during, and after the Civil war, amassing 12 volumes of collected essays and speeches he gave on the lecture circuit. Volume 12 houses the collected papers that didn't fit into the previous 11 volumes, including these tributes to celebrities of his era, to Benjamin W. Parker, Henry Ward Beecher, Walt Whitman, Anton Seidl, and many others. These tributes were not included in the Librivox audiobook version of Volume 12, Miscellany, so they could be appreciated on their own. Enjoy! (Summary by Michele Fry, BC )
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - A Tribute to George Jacob Holyoake
10:00 - Chapter 2
02 - At the Grave of Benjamin W. Parker
01:48 - Chapter 3
03 - A Tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll
05:38 - Chapter 4
04 - A Tribute to the Rev. Alexander Clark
04:40 - Chapter 5
05 - At a Child's Grave
03:52 - Chapter 6
06 - A Tribute to John G. Mills
06:05 - Chapter 7
07 - A Tribute to Elizur Wright
09:03 - Chapter 8
08 - A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles
02:33 - Chapter 9
09 - A Tribute to Henry Ward Beecher
14:32 - Chapter 10
10 - A Tribute to Roscoe Conkling
25:19 - Chapter 11
11 - A Tribute to Richard H. Whiting
03:21 - Chapter 12
12 - A Tribute to Courtlandt Palmer
10:56 - Chapter 13
13 - A Tribute to Mrs. Mary H. Fiske
05:47 - Chapter 14
14 - A Tribute to Horace Seaver
17:25 - Chapter 15
15 - A Tribute to Lawrence Barrett
03:19 - Chapter 16
16 - A Tribute to Walt Whitman
10:29 - Chapter 17
17 - A Tribute to Philo D. Beckwith
06:10 - Chapter 18
18 - A Tribute to Anton Seidl
03:47 - Chapter 19
19 - A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson
03:28 - Chapter 20
20 - A Tribute to Thomas Corwin
02:40 - Chapter 21
21 - A Tribute to Isaac H. Bailey
09:40