I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see as plainly as… — Charles Darwin
I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.
1860
★ 2.0Provenance
Current citation
Darwin, Charles. Letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860]." The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, edited by Frederick Burkhardt and James A. Secord. Vol. 8: 1860. Cambridge University Press, 2022, no. 2814.
Original citation
Darwin, Charles. Letter to Asa Gray. 22 May 1860.
