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The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln should not obscure that of Charles Darwin.(The Week)(Brief article)

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The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln should not obscure that of Charles Darwin. The English naturalist offered to explain the origin, multiplicity, and development of species, but his work was immediately put to other uses. Evolution appeared to explode one of the traditional demonstrations of the existence of God, the argument from design: no plan, no Planner. Among those who tried to fill the alleged void were George Bernard Shaw, and others a great deal worse, who hoped to hasten the evolution of superior species of men (and ...

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