The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13
IMPRESSIONS OF A TENDERFOOT
I Being Unorthodo. Sketches Of Real Human Interest -
(By Will RoBiNsoN)

was descended from a mere cell,
whatever that was, and in the in
t%ervenlng aeons OF time had been
all sorts OF Shiny, crawling, climb
ing and %narneless thingsp II was
certainly s%omthihing to Jar the
scholar OF tradition, and it Jared
them sure enough, The way they
landed on Darwin was caution in
the sight OF the Lord. Ii never
seemed to make any particular
difference with him. He didn't
hight back. People could believe
H. his theory or not, Just AS they
pleased. That were merely an
incident in his plan which cover.
ed millions OF wears. He believ-
ed IT with all his heart, and it is
interesting to read that it made no
difference whatever in his firm
belief IN Christ and all OF the re-
llgion OF Him, with the exception
OF the first book OF the Book.
Though OF a widely different
plane, Darwin kicked up almost
as much OF a theological muss in
the nineteenth century as Luther
did IN the sixteenth. some have
called hun the Luther OF Science.
Like the great German, he was not
lett to fight IA his theories alone.
Some OF the greatest minds OF his
time accepted his theory in whole
or IN part, among them some OF
the greatest churchmen, both in
and out OF the establishment, and
Tor a wonder they defended him
SO s,aunchly and the general re-.
spect was so deep that the usual
c%rucihSion was omitted. He was
not even churched, and a great
number OF his opponents conceded
that there was nothing in his
theory incompatible with Christ.
ism, and certainly nothing sntag-
onistic to the power and father
hood OF God, which in tact had
nothing TO do with the so.called
evolution OF man. IL didn't real.
ly make any difference IN that re.
spect whether man came from
those primitives in Eden who
didn't know a soft snap when they
had II, OF a little old dinky cell in
the mud OF the tertiary age. The
hand OF God was apparent in II all,
1t no wise dimmed the blessed truth
OF the NaZarene OF impaired the
divinity oi the New Testament,
which is the real roo, OF Christianity
anyhow, since II is authentic in a
measure, while all that which wen,
before ~ noI above the corruption
legend and folklore. This was
really the sense ot the situation,
and after a decade OF uproar and
discussion on the part OF those
who might have been better en-.
ployed IN doing something for
mankind, Darwin was left TO his
theory, and TO his profound stud
les as a naturalist, the result, OF
which was OF priceless value to
the world, beyond his fantastic
theory.
Darwin died in 1882. All OF his
lie was a constant struggle with a
trail body, and one OF the proofs
that there is no reason why a man
should not accomplish muc even
though a dyspeptic.
II rs a hundred years since he
was born; 1t is nifty years since
his great book was printed. In
that time the history OF the world
has had to be rewritten many
times. In science and letters
there has been a wonderful pro-
gress, and equally as much in the
way OF science and invention, but
10 this day there has developed
absolutely nothing new in antagon.
i7r, TO his theory, beyond tina,
wnIch was brought out in a year
after its publication. II is the
principle OF the survival II the
ATTEST that is as brutally ex>,mpli'
he'd now as when the wSrlCl was
young. Scientists from time &c
time attempt TO elaborate his idea.
but that is all that they can do
The fundamentals remain the sam,
and today thew are studied by the
thinker aud relIgionist alike with
out prejudice as one OF the bodies.
theories OF evolution that lntelli
gence knows. They read his es
says, without semblance OF l%iterar,
elegance, and draw tnir own con
illusions, Just as they did then
/ but those theories survive, whicI
: is the sublime test OF Darwin
. after all, for without a frame wor.
, Of apparent reason then woul,
have been forgotten long ago.
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