{"id":173354943,"date":"2014-07-25T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casey.com\/blog\/?p=173354943"},"modified":"2014-07-25T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T01:41:20","slug":"book-review-the-great-agnostic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casey.life\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/book-review-the-great-agnostic\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Great Agnostic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought<\/a> by Susan Jacoby<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

I first learned about the American politician, orator and ‘great agnostic’ Robert Ingersoll after reading a couple of books<\/a> about American Freethinkers back in 2005 and 2006. I similarly enjoyed this biography about him, a book which now has many dog eared pages for particularly noteworthy quotes or passages. Among my favorites from Ingersoll is his creed,<\/p>\n

Happiness is the only good.
\nThe time to be happy is now.
\nThe place to be happy is here.
\nThe way to be happy is to make others so.
\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s opportune that I finished this book while near Peoria, I will try and pay a visit to his statue in Glen Oak Park while I’m here, and must later visit his resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. Robert, you have a standing invite to attend ‘Chris’ Afterlife Dream Party of Historical Figures’. I hope you’ll be there, oh wait… nevermind.<\/p>\n

View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATE<\/strong>: We made our visit to Glen Oak Park <\/a>and paid homage to Ingersoll!<\/p>\n

\"chris_will_ingersoll\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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