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Darwin's theory of evolution generated a storm of controversy
within the scientific community in the later nineteenth century,
and Sir J. William Dawson, a renowned geologist of his time, was
one of those who vehemently opposed it. In Modern Ideas of
Evolution as related to Revelation and Science, first published in
1890, Dawson maintains that it is religion alone that forms a
stable base for all new ideas. He dismisses the theory of evolution
as a crude and heretical hypothesis, inconsistent with religion and
undeserving of acceptance. If adopted as proven truth, he argues,
it would lead to unscientific and unspiritual degeneration of the
mind. More than a century later, evolution is generally accepted
but still not 'proven', and the debates continue. Dawson's
energetic polemic remains a key document for historians of science
concerned with the Victorian reception of Darwinism and the rise of
evolutionary theory.
Published in 1926: This book has been written as a tribute to a
great Englishman and with the hope that it may throw light upon
some of the difficult problems which to-day confront British
statesmanship in the domain of freignrelations and policy.
Published in 1926: This book has been written as a tribute to a
great Englishman and with the hope that it may throw light upon
some of the difficult problems which to-day confront British
statesmanship in the domain of freignrelations and policy.
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