MEN, WOMEN, AND GODS, AND OTHER LECTURES. By Helen H. Gardener. With An Introduction By Robert G. Ingersoll. Twelfth Edition. New York: The Truth Seeker Company, 28 Lafayette Place. Copyright, By Helen H. Gardener, 1885. THIS LITTLE VOLUME is RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED WITH THE LOVE OF THE AUTHOR, TO MRS. EVA INGERSOLL, THE BRAVE, HAPPY WIFE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST ORATOR, AND WOMAN'S TRUEST FRIEND. IN HER BEAUTIFUL HOME-LIFE SUPERSTITION AND FEAR HAVE NEVER ENTERED; HUMAN EQUALITY AND FREEDOM HAVE THEIR HIGHEST ILLUSTRATION; AND TIME HAS DEEPENED YOUTHFUL LOVE INTO A DIVINER WORSHIP THAN ANGELS OFFER OR THAN GODS INSPIRE. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. MEN, WOMEN, AND GODS. ACCIDENT INSURANCE. CHIEFLY WOMEN. WHY WOMEN SUPPORT IT. WHAT IT TEACHES. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE NOT A CRIME. AS MUCH INSPIRED AS ANY OF IT. VICARIOUS ATONEMENT. FEAR. BEGINNING TO THINK. CREEDS. SELF-CONTROL WHAT WE NEED. VICARIOUS ATONEMENT NOT A CHRISTIAN INVENTION. TWIN MONSTERS INHERITED FROM INTELLECTUAL PIGMIES. GEOGRAPHICAL RELIGION. REVELATION. EVIDENCE OF FAITH. DID HE TALK? WHAT YOU MAY THINK. INTELLECTUAL GAG-LAW. THE VICARIOUS THEORY THE CAUSE OF CRIME. REVISION. THE CHURCH'S MONEY-BOX. SHALL PROGRESS STOP? HISTORICAL FACTS AND THEOLOGICAL FICTIONS. CHURCH FICTIONS. HISTORICAL FACTS. CIVILIZATION. COMPARATIVE STATUS. WOMEN AS PERSONS. EDUCATION. AS WIVES. NOT WOMAN'S FRIEND. MORALS. APPENDIX Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Appendix F. Appendix G. Appendix H. Appendix I. Appendix J. Appendix K Appendix L. Appendix M. Appendix N. Appendix O. Appendix P. Appendix Q. Appendix R. Appendix S. Appendix T. Appendix U. Appendix V. ADDRESS TO THE CLERGY AND OTHERS. LETTER TO THE CLEVELAND CONGRESS OF FREETHINKERS, OCTOBER, 1885. INTRODUCTION.