(1894.)
Col. Ingersoll's First Letter in _The New York World_--Under what
Circumstances a Man has the Right to take his Own Life--Medicine and the
Decrees of God--Case of the Betrayed Girl--Suicides not Cowards--Suicide
under Roman Law--Many Suicides Insane--Insanity Caused by Religion--The
Law against Suicide Cruel and Idiotic--Natural and Sufficient Cause for
Self-destruction--Christ's Death a Suicide--Col. Ingersoll's Reply to his
Critics--Is Suffering the Work of God?--It is not Man's Duty to
Endure Hopeless Suffering--When Suicide is Justifiable--The
Inquisition--Alleged Cowardice of Suicides--Propositions
Demonstrated--Suicide the Foundation of the Christian
Religion--Redemption and Atonement--The Clergy on Infidelity
and Suicide--Morality and Unbelief--Better injure yourself than
Another--Misquotation by Opponents--Cheerful View the Best--The
Wonder is that Men endure--Suicide a Sin (Interview in The New
York Journal)--Causes of Suicide--Col. Ingersoll Does Not Advise
Suicide--Suicides with Tracts or Bibles in their Pockets--Suicide a Sin
(Interview in The New York Herald)--Comments on Rev. Alerle St. Croix
Wright's Sermon--Suicide and Sanity (Interview in The York World)--As to
the Cowardice of Suicide--Germany and the Prevalence of Suicide--Killing
of Idiots and Defective Infants--Virtue, Morality, and Religion.