June 11, 2019

PHILOSOPHERS' STONE.PART 134

Let me go back to the voyage,before Darwin set to sail on the Beagle,he was armed with the first volume of Charles Lyell's Principles Of Geology.In that great book Lyell postulated the present earth's geology with massive mountains and valleys was natural consequence of endless,long and tardy evolution.That even small changes could cause big geological upheavals,if we consider the considerable period of time that has elapsed.This also apply to the same forces prevalent with weather,wind,melting ice,volcano,earthquakes,ground level elevations and many more today.He believed a similar tiny changes and gradual changes over the course of time could alter the form or face of nature entirely.Then on galapagos island,he made the same conclusion and there he became the darwinist.His conviction was also strengthened by the fact that fauna there bore robust semblance to many species he witnessed in South America.Then he withdrew his support from hagiological in favour of evolution.But as to how evolution had occurred,

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