To the Edge of the WorldMacAdam/Cage Pub., 2005 - Всего страниц: 789 This is an epic novel of sea-faring adventure set in the 19th century charting the life of Robert Fitzroy, the captain of 'The Beagle' and his passenger Charles Darwin. It combines adventure, emotion, ideas, humor and tragedy as well as illuminating the history of the 19th century. Fitzroy, the Christian Tory aristocrat, believed in the sanctity of the individual, but his beliefs were a challenge to his career. Darwin, the liberal naturalist doubts the truth of the Bible and develops his theory of evolution which is brutal and unforgiving in human terms. The two friends became bitter enemies as Darwin destroyed everything Fitzroy stood for. |
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... nature , like the laws of physics , are not strictly laws . They are unwavering natural occurrences observed by man . ' ' Whether they are true laws or not , the laws of nature are nonetheless immutable for instance , the law of gravity ...
... nature , like the laws of physics , are not strictly laws . They are unwavering natural occurrences observed by man . ' ' Whether they are true laws or not , the laws of nature are nonetheless immutable for instance , the law of gravity ...
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... nature you speak about . ' ' And yet you believe that men can transmute into angels . ' Both men smiled at this . ' Here , my dear Philos , you have gone beyond the boundaries of nature and into God's heavenly realm . The legislator ...
... nature you speak about . ' ' And yet you believe that men can transmute into angels . ' Both men smiled at this . ' Here , my dear Philos , you have gone beyond the boundaries of nature and into God's heavenly realm . The legislator ...
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... nature inadvertently breeds species that are better suited to changes in climate , geology and so forth . We saw it with the Galapagos finches . ' ' Nature , or God , has crossbred a single type of finch into a variety of finches , I ...
... nature inadvertently breeds species that are better suited to changes in climate , geology and so forth . We saw it with the Galapagos finches . ' ' Nature , or God , has crossbred a single type of finch into a variety of finches , I ...
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