[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Darwin never read any Marx...what a hoot! Darwin if nothing else was an avid reader and was well aware of marx and anything that smacked of anti Christian beliefs."

No, he never read Marx. Marx was a second tier socialist thinker in the 19th century. Darwin may have heard his name but there is ZERO evidence he ever read any of him. Why would he? Darwin was a free market, antislavery Whig.

"He may not have read Kapital but he was familiar with it and his note to marx exhibits empathy and support no matter the "florid" style."

Nonsense. It was a thank you. Darwin specifically says he knows very little about economics. How is this *support*?

"But more on the self centered misanthrope bozo Darwin and his anti Christian beliefs. In another letter to Edward Aveling - and you know who that jerk is--- he goes on"

Yes, this was the book that was to be dedicated to Darwin, and Darwin said no. Where is there ANY evidence that Darwin was a misanthrope, other than in your imagination? He had lots of friends, and enjoyed communicating with them.

The letter you posted shows that Darwin didn't want to get involved in a religious debate. Why should he have?


You are stretching for something, but you are not reaching it.

[eleni121]

Having trouble are we? Darwin was in fact a misanthrope. Duplicitous and opportunistic...like his heirs here.

[VadeRetro]

You are stretching for something, but you are not reaching it.

Too much stretching turns into what Mark Twain called "stretchers."