Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the earth -- and yet we have no right to bow down to his memory simply because he was great. Great orators, great soldiers, great lawyers, often use their gifts for a most unholy cause. We meet to pay a tribute of love and respect to Robert G. Ingersoll because he used his matchless power for the good of man.
{Darrow's eulogy for Ingersoll at his funeral}
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One of the bravest, grandest champions of human liberty the world has ever seen.
{Darrow on the great Robert Ingersoll}
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— Clarence Darrow
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He had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed.
{Edison's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
{Edison's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
— Thomas A. Edison
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He had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed.
{Edison's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
{Edison's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
— Thomas A. Edison
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The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century.
{Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
{Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I have been. His life and work have been an inspiration to the whole earth, shedding light in the dark places which so sadly needed light. His memory calls forth my most sincere homage, love, and esteem.
{Burbank on the great Robert Ingersoll, whom he admired so much that he requested Ingersoll's eulogy for his brother, Ebon Ingersoll, to be read at his own funeral}
{Burbank on the great Robert Ingersoll, whom he admired so much that he requested Ingersoll's eulogy for his brother, Ebon Ingersoll, to be read at his own funeral}
— Luther Burbank
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