Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1899 — Ingersoll, the Man. [ARTICLE]

Ingersoll, the Man.

Since the death of Ingersoll the press of the country has given him that meed of praise which is seldom accorded any man. His admirers are numbered by the thousands and tens of thousands and embraoes all who love that whioh is grand, beautiful, lofty and inspiring in thought whether promulgated through the medium of the press or from the platform. He was the unapproachable superior of any orator of his time; and his ability to portray in grand, pure language the emotions of the human heart and arouse the loftiest sentiments was wonderful. He was loved and admired in life and in death is mourned by countless disciples of the carpenters son, who cared not a filip for his religious views, but appreciated the worth of the man who made it his pleasure to alleviate suffering and scatter love and sunshine where he found despair and darkness.