...supernatural is held by Mr. Darwin to be the result of the development of the intellectual faculties : — ' Nor is it difficult to comprehend how it arose. As...important faculties of the imagination, wonder and curiosity, together with some power of reasoning, had become partially developed, man would naturally...

...respecting it at the feet of Darwin, than at the feet of Moses. He proceeds, " If, however, we include in the term religion, the belief in unseen or spiritual...seems to be universal with the less civilised races." To a creature altogether material, whence came such a belief? How came it to be universal, especially...

...the affirmative by the highest intP^l^ti thatjave ever lived. X\flAu{ ^ If, however, we include un&er the term " religion " the belief in unseen or spiritual...is wholly different ; for this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it difficult to comprehend how it arose. As...

...written, denies that man has naturally the idea of God, but he grants all we claim, when he says, " If, however, we include under the term ' religion...case is wholly different, for this belief seems to be almost universal ivith the less civilized races!1 And the poor Fuegian declared in the most solemn...

...unseen or spiritual agencies . . . this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it difficult to comprehend how it arose....important faculties of the imagination, wonder, and curiosity, together with some power of reasoning, had become partially developed, man would naturally...

...unseen or spiritual agencies . . . this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it difficult to comprehend how it arose....important faculties of the imagination, wonder, and curiosity, together with some power of reasoning, had become partially developed, man would naturally...

...Lord 0. By all means, Mr. Darwin ; let us have your views on this point. Darwin. " If," my Lord, " we include under the term ' religion ' the belief in unseen or spiritual agencies . . . this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it difficult to...

...affirmative by the highest intellects that have ever lived. If, however, we include under the name " religion" the belief in unseen or spiritual agencies,...case is wholly different; for this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilised races.' But, on the hypothesis of evolution, there is no difficulty...

...universe ; and this has been answered in the affirmative by the highest intellects that have ever lived. If, however, we include under the term, ' religion,...is wholly different ; for this belief seems to be almost universal with the less civilized races." 2. " The feeling of religious devotion is a highly...

...Omnipotent God ; and in this assertion almost all the learned men concur. "If, however," says Darwin, "we include under the term religion, the belief in...for this belief seems to be universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it difficult to understand how it arose." The savage has a stronger belief...