Fire Destoys Darwin Manuscripts

ap ^ | October 25, | ap

[classygreeneyedblonde]

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Rare scientific books written by Charles Darwin were destroyed in a fire that gutted a building at Glasgow University, authorities said Thursday

The blaze broke out Wednesday at the 100-year-old Bower building. No one was injured, and the cause remained under investigation, police said. The lost manuscripts, including a collection of 19th-century volumes on botany, were valued at more than $2.86 million, university officials said.

Damage to the three-story building was estimated at $11.4 million.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Shame a piece of history lost..

[KillerWabbit]

Don't worry. New ones will evolve.

[Cool Guy]

BUMP!

[Cool Guy]

Looks like only the fittest, survived.

[RushingWater]

Good riddance!

[rwfromkansas]

Gee, first a lightning strike hits a Mosque, and now Darwin's works are burned. Seems like God is beginning to exact some retribution...:)

[kidkosmic1]

It's all gonna' burn, Charlie...

[No Truce With Kings]

Nearly a quarter of value of the damage was due to the loss of the manuscripts.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

That's what I was thinking..

[BradyLS]

Read Umberto Echo's The Name of the Rose. Never saw the movie, but the book was great. Another one to read afterwards is Louis L'Amour's The Walking Drum. A shame he never lived to finish THAT series!

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Shiite Happens

[2sheep]

Hay, wood and stubble bump.

[hole_n_one]

Don't worry. New ones will evolve.

After your post, there really isn't any reason post anything more to this thread.....it would be fruitless...it can't possibly get any better.

[BlackJack]

I had a chance to visit Darwin's home just outside of London. There was a large bust of Darwin in the home. I swear to god his head was shaped just like a monkey's. He got the inspiration for his theory from looking at himself in the mirror I'm sure. I've never seen a man's head that looked so damn much like an ape. For REAL!

[hole_n_one]

After your post, there really isn't any reason post anything more to this thread.....it would be fruitless...it can't possibly get any better.

Well......posts 3 thru 11 already have.

Don't I look like an idiot?

[Ward Smythe]

After your post, there really isn't any reason post anything more to this thread.....it would be fruitless...it can't possibly get any better.

Nothing else to say BUMP.

[error99]

They just evolved into their pure carbon form.

[gumbo]

Don't worry. New ones will evolve

ROTFL!

[Kevin Curry]

Don't worry. New ones will evolve.

Yes, indeed. It's simple, really. A billion monkeys banging on the keys of a billion typewriters for a billion billion years ought to be able to handle it--provided they don't screw up and write Hamlet first.

Nothing miraculous about mindless, directionless evolution. Just take inanimate matter, sprinkle liberally with time, and--PRESTO--Charles Darwin!