What Robert G. Ingersoll thinks about happiness

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American lawyer and orator, known as "the Great Agnostic" (1833 to 1899); author of The Ghosts, and Other Lectures.

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2 dated positions, c. 1876–1878, in their own words. Our reading of what Robert G. Ingersoll has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1876–1878

   Our readingHappiness is the one good and selfishness the one sin, and law should serve the first

   Their wordsThere is one good—happiness. There is but one sin—selfishness. All law should be for the preservation of the one and the destruction of the other.

   ↗The Ghosts, and Other Lectures (1876-1878)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

3. c. 1876–1878

   Our readingIntellectual liberty includes the right to think wrong

   Their wordsBy physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think right and the right to think wrong.

   ↗The Ghosts, and Other Lectures (1876-1878)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book