Robert G. Ingersoll
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Robert Green Ingersoll, nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.
Ingersoll c. 1865–80
The only known image of Ingersoll addressing an audience.
A political cartoon depicting crowds seeking entertainment by flocking to hear Ingersoll advocate for agnosticism in a theater which is open on Sunday, when the American Museum of Natural History is closed so as "Not to Offend Morality".
Ingersoll statue in Peoria, Illinois.
Panegyric
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A panegyric or praise poem is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. The original panegyrics were speeches delivered at public events in ancient Athens
Robert G. Ingersoll
…Whitman's death in 1892, Ingersoll delivered the eulogy at the poet's funeral. The eulogy was published to great acclaim and is considered a classic panegyric. In the novel In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike, The character Clarence Wimot is convinced to leave his faith primarily as a result of a passage…
Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore