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Variation of Birds in a State of Nature by Frank Russell, 1892

Variation of Birds in a State of Nature by Frank Russell, 1892, Page 5

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Importance of Variation
The theory of evolution is no longer a bone of contention: Not only has it been fully accepted by modern scientists, but it is recognized as permanently established in a field where few indeed are the laws exempt from mutation. Time speedily silenced the calumiators of the great enthusiast, Columbus, so too will the discoveries and teachings of Darwin come to be accepted by the masses. The storm of protest and opposition is slowly subsiding, yet in the minds of many excellent people there still remains a feeling of hostility toward Darwinsim, this hostility has been supported by at least two considerations - the seeming conflict between revealed religion and scientific theory, and to a less extent the "pride of ancestry" which comes scorns even the insinuation that arboreal apes may hold, in more than one sense, a place in the family tree. Concerning the first objection volume after volume has been written and it is still open for discussion by philosopher and divine. Instead of an empirical knowledge of isolated phenomena we can now appreciate the underlying principles, and see the divine and all pervading plan. Which is the more in accord with our conception of Divinity? -- a fragmentary universe of special creatures: a thing of shreds and patches or a perfect whole whose forces and laws shall act in harmony and extend

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3 Importance of Variation The theory of evolution is no longer a bone of contention: Not only has it been fully accepted by modern scientists, but it is recognized as permanently established in a field where few indeed are the laws exempt from mutation. Time speedily silenced the calumiators of the great enthusiast, Columbus, so too will the discoveries and teachings of Darwin come to be accepted by the masses. The storm of protest and opposition is slowly subsiding, yet in the minds of many excellent people there still remains a feeling of hostility toward Darwinsim, this hostility has been supported by at least two considerations - the seeming conflict between revealed religion and scientific theory, and to a less extent the "pride of ancestry" which comes scorns even the insinuation that arboreal apes may hold, in more than one sense, a place in the family tree. Concerning the first objection volume after volume has been written and it is still open for discussion by philosopher and divine. Instead of an empirical knowledge of isolated phenomena we can now appreciate the underlying principles, and see the divine and all pervading plan. Which is the more in accord with our conception of Divinity? -- a fragmentary universe of special creatures: a thing of shreds and patches or a perfect whole whose forces and laws shall act in harmony and extend