Darwin In Situ

"It 'has always appeared to me more satisfactory to look at the immense amount of pain & suffering in this world, as the inevitable result of the natural sequence of events, i.e. general laws, rather than from the direct intervention of God' [said Darwin]. Like most Victorian parents, Darwin had watched several of his children die in infancy, including his beloved daughter Annie in 1851. He was not the only one who found such tragedies easier to comprehend if they resulted from 'general laws', rather than being the products of God’s personal and seemingly murderous intent."

From a London Times book review of an interesting book looking at Darwin and the religious views of the time. Read it here.

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