THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL By Robert G. Ingersoll "TO PLOW IS TO PRAY; TO PLANT IS TO PROPHESY, AND THE HARVEST ANSWERS AND FULFILLS." IN TWELVE VOLUMES, VOLUME XI. MISCELLANY 1900 DRESDEN EDITION CONTENTS OF VOLUME XI. ADDRESS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. Introduction by Frederick Douglass("Abou Ben Adhem")--Decision of the United States Supreme Court pronouncing the Civil Rights Act Unconstitutional--Limitations of Judges--Illusion Destroyed by the Decision in the Dred Scott Case--Mistake of Our Fathers in adopting the Common Law of England--The 13th Amendment to the Constitution Quoted--The Clause of the Constitution upholding Slavery--Effect of this Clause--Definitions of a State by Ju…
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