...existence of God, any more than the powerful though vague and similar feelings excited by music. (i With respect to immortality, nothing shows me [so...refers to ' The Boundaries of Science, a Dialogue, 1 published in ' Macmillan's Magazine,' for July 1861.] C. Darwin to Miss Julia Wedgwood. July J1 [1861]....

...muddle" on these great questions. He summed up the whole matter in a few words when in 1876 he wrote : "I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such...I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic." Fifteen years earlier he had written to Lyell: "The conclusion that I always come to after thinking...

...the "Origin of Species" was published, he deserved to be called a theist." || Later on he says : " The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble...I for one must be content to remain an agnostic." Yet, three years later (1879), in a private letter, he writes, " In my most extreme fluctuations I...

...conclusions in the matter. J Returning at last to the point from which we started, he declares :§ " I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such...I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic." What Darwin meant by being an Agnostic seems pretty clear now ; and it is also pretty clear why he...

...argument for the existence of God, any more than the powerful though vague and similar feelings excited " With respect to immortality, nothing shows me [so...The Boundaries of Science, a Dialogue,' published in ' MacC. Darwin to Miss Julia Wedgwood. July n [1861]. Some one has sent us ' Macmillan ' ; and I must...

...analogous to that of man ; and I deserve to be called a Theist. This conclusion was strong in my mind v about the time, as far as I can remember, when I wrote...Agnostic." The following letters repeat to some extent what is given above from the Autobiography. The first one refers to The Boundaries of Science : a Dialogue,...

...last to the point from which we started, he declares: s " I cannot pretend to throw the least light0n such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning...I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic." What Darwin meant by being an Agnostic seems pretty clear now; and it is also pretty clear why he felt...

...— " Another source of conviction in the existence of God, 1 Vol. I., p. 308. 46 LARWI&S LETTERS. connected with the reason and not with the feelings,...I, for one, must be content to remain an Agnostic." 1 In a letter also to a correspondent, Darwin writes, in 1879: — " Science has nothing to do with...

...the doubt, can the mind of man, which has, as I fully believe, been developed from a mind as low ns that possessed by the lowest animals, be trusted when...I, for one, must be content to remain an Agnostic/' ' In a letter also to a correspondent, Darwin writes, in 1879:— " Science has nothing to do with...

...a hopeless muddle." (Life and Letters, Vol. II. p. 353.) 44 Life and Letters, Vol. I. pp. 3n, 312. intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that...I for one must be content to remain an agnostic." In this passage Darwin confesses that the premisses which lead to the conclusion of a first Intelligent...