Blows against slavery of the body and of the mind.
Unfortunately enslaving entire States, terminating the Laboratory of the
States, was another legacy, perhaps not of Lincoln per se, but certainly of
the Federal government that arose in the aftermath of his prematurely
terminated life.
Darwin seems to have left a vacuum of the spirit exemplified by his quote:
"I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have
designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their
feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars."
Indeed, but there are older spiritual traditions within which the "horrors"
of Nature -- including the horror of each and every one of our deaths -- is
revered. Darwin merely made more strongly felt the need for their
restoration without restoring them.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on February 12, 1809.
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> - Jed
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