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Ingersoll, Robert G., 1833-1899 [The idea of immortality...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.145 Author/Creator: Ingersoll, Robert G., 1833-1899 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 6 June 1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

Ingersoll writes a verse comparing immortality to the sea.

Ingersoll, Robert G., fl. 1877-1886

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