Charles Darwin and his revolutionary ideas inspired pundits the
world over to put pen to paper. In this unique dictionary of
quotations, Darwin scholar Thomas Glick presents fascinating
observations about Darwin and his ideas from such notable figures
as P. T. Barnum, Anton Chekhov, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Jung, Martin
Luther King, Mao Tse-tung, Pius IX, Jules Verne, and Virginia
Woolf.
What was it "about" Darwin that generated such widespread
interest? His "Origin of Species" changed the world. Naturalists,
clerics, politicians, novelists, poets, musicians, economists, and
philosophers alike could not help but engage his theory of
evolution. Whatever their view of his theory, however, those who
met Darwin were unfailingly charmed by his modesty, kindness,
honesty, and seriousness of purpose.
This diverse collection drawn from essays, letters, novels,
short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, and parodies demonstrates
how Darwin's ideas permeated all areas of thought. The quotations
trace a broad conversation about Darwin across great distances of
time and space, revealing his profound influence on the great
thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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