Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809-April 19, 1882) was a British naturalist. He propounded the evolutionary theory of origins. In his work, Origin of Species, 1859, Charles Darwin wrote:
<To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.> 1809CD001
<May we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man?> 1809CD002
<Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against the theory.> 1809CD003
<For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often apparently leading to conclusions directly opposite to those at which I arrived.> 1809CD004
<There is a grandeur in this view of life with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.> 1809CD005
Charles Darwin wrote in his Descent of Man, 1871:
<With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated...We civilised men, on the other hand...build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick...Thus the weak members propagate their kind. No one who had attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man...
Hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed... Civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world... The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.> 1809CD006
Darwin's concept provided justification for the racism expressed in U.S. Supreme Court Case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, March 6, 1857, opinion written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, nominated by Democrat President Andrew Jackson:
<Slaves had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order...so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.> 1809CD007
Darwin's concept influenced Margaret Sanger, who, prior to World War II, promoted "eugenics" and "forced sterilization" to eliminate inferior races.
Sanger founded Planned Parenthood and advised Nazi Party member Ernst Rudin.
In her book Pivot of Civilization, 1922, Margaret Sanger called for the:
<Elimination of "human weeds"...overrunning the human garden; for the cessation of "charity" because it prolonged the lives of the unfit; for the segregation of "morons, misfits, and the maladjusted"; and for the sterilization of genetically inferior races.> 1809CD008
Sanger's "eugenics" influenced Hitler to consider the German, or "Aryan," race as "ubermensch," supermen, being more advanced in the supposed progress of human evolution. This resulted in the horrific effort to rid the "human gene pool" of Jews, considered "untermensch"- under mankind, a less evolved inferior race-through the use of gas chambers and ovens.
Joseph Stalin followed this example in the Soviet Union, exterminating by forced famines, forced labor and executions 27 million "inferior" Ukrainians. Mao Zedong's atheistic Chinese Communist Party policies caused an estimated 80 million deaths. Darwin's theory did nothing to counteract the teaching that Jews are from apes, Christians are from swine, and Kafir infidels are inferior "dhimmi"-not equal to believing Muslims, a teaching which has contributed to an estimated 270 million jihad deaths in the last 1,400 years. Neither was equality permitted within European monarchies, but was an American contribution, as President Calvin Coolidge noted in his address at the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 5, 1926:
<The principles of human relationship which went into the Declaration of Independence...are found in the texts, the sermons, and the writings of the early colonial clergy...They preached equality because they believed in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.> 1809CD009
An unverified story exists of Lady Hope, whose given name was Elizabeth Reic Cotton (1842-1922). She married widower retired Admiral Sir James Hope in 1877. Lady Hope wrote of a conversation she had with Charles Darwin shrotly before his death. Lady Hope was known to engage in tent evangelism and is verified to have visited the sick and elderly in Darwin's town of Kent in the 1880's. In 1922, Lady Hope died of cancer in Sydney, Australia, where her tomb may still be seen. Darwin's biographer, James Moore, lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open University in the United Kingdom, concluded that if Lady Hope had visited Charles Darwin, it would have been between Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday October 2, 1881, when his children, Francis and Henrietta were not present. James Moore agrees that Lady Hope's account does contain authentic details, though the summer house referred to would have difficulty accommodating 30 people, and that Darwin's family members are inimical to any conversion reports. The account of her conversation with Darwin was reprinted August 15, 1915, in The Watchman Examiner (Boston: American Baptist Journal), in the Christian Witness (147 Commonwealth St., Sydney, Australia) and the Christian Reader's Digest, December 1941.
In his book American Minute-Notable Events of American Significance Remembered on the Date They Occurred (Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), William J. Federer wrote:
<Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day, February 12, 1809, but their lives had completely different effects. Lincoln is best known for freeing millions of slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, affirming in his Gettysburg Address, 1863: "that all men are created equal." Darwin is best known for the theory of evolution, arguing that men are not only not "created" but they are not "equal" as some are more evolved-a theory that has been used by Totalitarian Governments to enslave millions. Whereas Darwin's theory has been used by atheists to explain away God, the last act of Congress signed by Abraham Lincoln before he was shot was to place the phrase "In God We Trust" on all national coin.> 1809CD013
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Endnotes:
1809CD001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin, 1859, in his Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1971), p. 167. Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., editor, The Harvard Classics (New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1909), Vol. 11, p. 190. Dr. Andrew Snelling, The Revised Quotebook (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Creation Science Foundation, 1990), p. 18.
1809CD002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin, 1859, in his Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1971). Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., editor, The Harvard Classics (New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1909), Vol. 11, p. 194.
1809CD003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin, 1859, in his Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species-'On the imperfection of the geological record' (London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1971), Ch. X, pp. 292-293. Dr. Andrew Snelling, The Revised Quotebook (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Creation Science Foundation, 1990), p. 7.
1809CD004. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin, 1859, in his Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin, Introduction to Origin of Species, p. 2. "John Lofton's Journal" (The Washington Times, February 8, 1984). Dr. Andrew Snelling, The Revised Quotebook (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Creation Science Foundation, 1990), p. 3.
1809CD005. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin, 1859, in his work, The Origin of Species, Chapter 15. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 515.
1809CD006. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Darwin, 1871, Descent of Man. William J. Federer, Three Secular Reasons Why Ameica Should Be Under God (St. Louis, MO: Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), p. 29-34.
1809CD007. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). U.S. Supreme Court Case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, March 6, 1857, opinion written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, nominated by Democrat President Andrew Jackson. William J. Federer, Three Secular Reasons Why Ameica Should Be Under God (St. Louis, MO: Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), p. 29-34.
1809CD008. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Margaret Sanger, 1922, Pivot of Civilization, 1922. William J. Federer, Three Secular Reasons Why Ameica Should Be Under God (St. Louis, MO: Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), p. 29-34.
1809CD009. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Calvin Coolidge, July 5, 1926, 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia. William J. Federer, Three Secular Reasons Why Ameica Should Be Under God (St. Louis, MO: Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), p. 29-34.
1809CD010. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin. "Darwin on His Deathbed" (Christian Reader's Digest, December 1941; reprinted from Christian Witness, 147 Commonwealth St., Sydney, Australia), p. 24. Reported to be from a conversation with Lady Hope, born Elizabeth Reic Cotton (1842-1922), who married widower retired Admiral Sir James Hope in 1877. She engaged in tent evangelism and is verified to have visited the sick and elderly in Kent in the 1880's. In 1922, she died of cancer in Sydney, Australia, where her tomb may still be seen. Darwin's biographer, James Moore, lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open University in the United Kingdom, concluded that Lady Hope probably visited Charles between Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday October 2, 1881, when his children, Francis and Henrietta were not present. Moore agrees that her report does contain authentic details, though the summer house referred to would have difficulty accommodating 30 people, and that Darwin's family members are inimical to any conversion reports. James Moore, The Darwin Legend (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994), pp. 113-114. American Baptist Journal, The Watchman Examiner (Boston: August 19, 1915), Vol. 3, p. 1071, Source Ref. 1, pp. 92-93, 190.
1809CD011. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin. "Darwin on His Deathbed" (Christian Reader's Digest, December 1941; reprinted from Christian Witness, 147 Commonwealth St., Sydney, Australia), p. 24. Reported to be from a conversation with Lady Hope, born Elizabeth Reic Cotton (1842-1922), who married widower retired Admiral Sir James Hope in 1877. She engaged in tent evangelism and is verified to have visited the sick and elderly in Kent in the 1880's. In 1922, she died of cancer in Sydney, Australia, where her tomb may still be seen. Darwin's biographer, James Moore, lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open University in the United Kingdom, concluded that Lady Hope probably visited Charles between Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday October 2, 1881, when his children, Francis and Henrietta were not present. Moore agrees that her report does contain authentic details, though the summer house referred to would have difficulty accommodating 30 people, and that Darwin's family members are inimical to any conversion reports. James Moore, The Darwin Legend (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994), pp. 113-114. American Baptist Journal, The Watchman Examiner (Boston: August 19, 1915), p. 1071, Source Ref. 1, pp. 92- 93, 190. Russell Grigg, "Did Darwin Recant" (Creation, December 1995- February 1996).
1809CD012. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Robert Darwin. "Darwin on His Deathbed" (Christian Reader's Digest, December 1941; reprinted from Christian Witness, 147 Commonwealth St., Sydney, Australia), p. 24. Reported to be from a conversation with Lady Hope, born Elizabeth Reic Cotton (1842-1922), who married widower retired Admiral Sir James Hope in 1877. She engaged in tent evangelism and is verified to have visited the sick and elderly in Kent in the 1880's. In 1922, she died of cancer in Sydney, Australia, where her tomb may still be seen. Darwin's biographer, James Moore, lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open University in the United Kingdom, concluded that Lady Hope probably visited Charles between Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday October 2, 1881, when his children, Francis and Henrietta were not present. Moore agrees that her report does contain authentic details, though the summer house referred to would have difficulty accommodating 30 people, and that Darwin's family members are inimical to any conversion reports. James Moore, The Darwin Legend (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994), pp. 113-114. American Baptist Journal, The Watchman Examiner (Boston: August 19, 1915), p. 1071, Source Ref. 1, pp. 92- 93, 190. Russell Grigg, "Did Darwin Recant" (Creation, December 1995- February 1996).
1809CD013. William J. Federer, American Minute-Notable Events of American Significance Remembered on the Date They Occurred (Amerisearch, Inc., 2008), p. 49.