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factor most responsible for its rapid acceptance" 106 brought the world's at-
tention to the theory of evolution in the Debate at the Oxford University
Museum in which he entered into on June 30, 1860 with the bishop of Ox-
ford, Samuel Wilberforce.
Huxley's great dedication to spreading the idea of evolution, together

with his establishment connections, is brought into further light according
to the following fact: Huxley was a member the Royal Society, of one of
England's most prestigious scientific institutions and, like nearly all the
other members of this institution, was a senior Mason. 107 Other members
of the Royal Society lent Darwin significant support, both before and after
the book was published. 108 This Masonic society accepted Darwin and
Darwinism to such an extent that, as with the Nobel Prize, Darwin's medal
was awarded annually to a scientist deemed worthy of the honor.
In short, Darwin wasn't acting alone; from the moment his theory

was proposed, he received the support that came from the social classes
and groups whose nucleus was made up of Masons. In his book, Marxism
and Darwinism, the Marxist thinker
Anton Pannekoek writes about this
important fact and describes the
support lent to Darwin by the
"bourgeoisie," that is, the wealthy

European capitalist class.:
That Marxism owes its importance
and position only to the role it takes
in the proletarian class struggle, is
known to all… Yet it is not hard to
see that in reality Darwinism had to
undergo the same experiences as
Marxism. Darwinism is not a mere
abstract theory which was adopted
Thomas Huxley, a fanatical supporter of by the scientific world after dis-
Darwin.

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