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CHAPTER 2.
CHAPTER 2.

EVOLUTIONISTS' CONFESSIONS
REGARDING DARWIN

C harles Darwin's educational and scientific attainments were
C

not exactly of the highest, particularly when compared to all
the opportunities available in our own day. Darwin em-
barked on medical studies in Edinburgh, but failed to complete them and
abandoned the course half-way through. For that reason, when he

launched the theory of evolution, he was ignorant of many branches of
science closely related to his theory.
Thomas Huxley was Darwin's closest friend and greatest supporter
in terms of the theory of evolution. He is even remembered as "Darwin's
bulldog" for his vociferous defense of the theory of evolution on Darwin's
behalf. But even he admitted of this friend:
Like the rest of us, he had no proper training
in biological science. 23
From a letter written to Darwin by A.

Sedgwick, his closest friend:
Parts of it I admired greatly, parts I laughed at
till my sides were almost sore; other parts I
read with absolute sorrow, because I think
them utterly false and grievously mischie-
vous... Many of your wide conclusions are
based upon assumptions... 24 A. Sedg wick