"Even then his ardent Biblical Fundamentalism was considered somewhat unusual amongst educated men such as the officers of the Beagle."
The "Evolutionist is intelligent/Anti-evolutionist is dumb" argument is very weak. Does playing that card prop up your self esteem?
Not sure why you addressed that at me. Nowhere did I say that Fitzroy was stupid. In fact in the very same post I pointed out his skill in a technically specialised area.