Robert Ingersoll's sparkling wit, lightning-bolt honesty, and vast love for humanity offered enormous RELIEF from religious force and fear in America's late 1800's.

Presented by Connie Cook Smith

Please note, most of the numbered tabs above take you to brief pages of direct quotes by Robert Ingersoll on those various subjects. My own essays are not numbered and are headed up with my byline, my name.

12. HOME and FAMILY



The holiest temple beneath the stars is a home that love has built. And the holiest altar in all the wide world is the fireside around which gather father and mother and the sweet babes.