There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning... The God Delusion - Page 29by Richard Dawkins - 2011 - 464 pagesLimited preview - About this book
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...different from each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. ... There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone on cycling... | |
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...consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus from the war of nature, from famine and death,...are capable of conceiving, namely the production of higher animals, directly follows.59 What disturbed Darwin's contemporaries was the inference, not elaborated... | |
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...the action of his laws.' "6 Darwin even concludes The Origin of Species with the following sentence: "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator 99 LIFE ON EARTH into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone... | |
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...consequence Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of lessimproved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There... | |
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...Darwin to provide a convenient and conciliatory wisp of theism in the finale of Origin: There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according... | |
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...Creator..." In fact, that's not all Darwin had to say about the Creator. He also said this: 'There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one." — Charles Darwin, "The Origin of Species" 3 "...originally... | |
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