Telling someone that could lead them damned near anywhere...
When giving directions in the Ozarks, never use ‘the Baptist church’ as a landmark
Tag: The Great Agnostic
Flashback: ‘Speech cannot contain our love’ (1879)
This is the eulogy delivered by Robert Green Ingersoll at the graveside of his brother, Ebon, in 1879. It remains the greatest use of language I’ve ever read.
Flashback: ‘The most important thing in this world is liberty’ (1887)
It can be argued — and I do — that Robert Green Ingersoll employed American English with more eloquence and skill than anyone before or since. He was a lover of Liberty and passionately patriotic. He also was...