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Carlyle on Darwinism

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 15, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 47.

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Carlyle on Darwinism

Mr. Carlyle happened to be present when a number of so-called philosophers and scientific men were airing their opinions. The theory of evolution had been asserted with much confidence, and under the supposition that he was a sympathizer and not at all fettered by religious scruples, he was challenged to deliver his opinion as to Darwinism. Gathering himself up, and speaking in a tone that silenced laughter, Mr. Carlyle replied—"Gentlemen, you make man a little higher than the tadpoles. I hold with the prophet David—Thou madest him a little lower than the angels."