Every cradle asks us, Whence? and every coffin, Whither? The poor barb…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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Every cradle asks us, Whence? and every coffin, Whither? The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently as the robed priest of the most authentic creed. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1883). Popular edition of col. Ingersoll's lectures. (Freethought publ. co.'s ed.).
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And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his? ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.372, Library of Alexandria
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Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.1588, Library of Alexandria
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