“I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.”

Darwin amended his original 1859 text in a previous edition in response to religious critics who believed that the Creator had an intentional and guided hand in the development of all creation. He turned to a famous author and clergyman, Charles Kingsley, and said: “I have gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that he created primal forms capable of self development into all forms.”

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