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] Date Posted: 23:32:13 11/20/04 Sat In reply to: Newry Nyuck 's message, "Darwin the greatest citizen?" on 18:46:49 11/20/04 Sat Well, it's not known whether he stole the idea or not. It is known, however, that several other scientists came close to discovering the idea before he published his works. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:57:22 11/21/04 Sun And many people were penalised or even arrested for suggesting that animals could change themselves, as well as relying on God to fit them for their environment...many of these people were around more than a century before Darwin. But Darwin was the first to say, "sod this for a game of soldiers" and go out and actually collect enough evidence, and write it down in such logical terms, that no-one could contradict the theory of evolution any more. And whether or not he was the greatest ever Commonwealth citizen, he is certainly the most famous and important person to come from Shropshire! Unless you count Robert Clive, I suppose... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |