Darwin Quotes

Jeffrey Lee (jalee@cts.com)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:02:55 -0700

I need some help from folks who might have the following editions of Origin
of Species. I only have the 1979 edition, and it has a new forward :-(.
Basically, a YEC has posted some quotes from the forwards to a couple of
editions of Origin and I'd like to verify context etc. Any help
appreciated:

"[The theory of evolution] forms a satisfactory faith on which to base our
interpretation of nature."—*L. Harrison Matthews, "Introduction to Origin of
Species," p. xxii (1977 edition).

"The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in
the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory—is it
then a science or faith?"—*L.H. Matthews, "Introduction to Origin of the
Species, by *Charles Darwin (1971 edition), pp. x, xi (1971 edition).

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