Complex sentence: At the time, "Essays" created more of a stir than Darwin's book; the men of the X network backed the collection and Lubbock even sought to form an alliance between liberal Anglicans and scientists.
Split into simpler sentences: At the time, "Essays" created more of a stir than Darwin's book. The members of the X network backed the collection and Lubbock even sought to form an alliance between liberal Anglicans and scientists.