Two Brahmins and the Darwinian Theory (Holmes and Lowell); 1971
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0494
- Title
- Two Brahmins and the Darwinian Theory (Holmes and Lowell); 1971
- Description
- John Turner discusses the contrasting responses of two literary giants, Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell, to Darwinian Theory. Holmes accepted many tenets as an extension of what he already believed rather than a substitute. Lowell was influenced by Darwin’s thought but believed “nature is too expansive a force to be safely bottled up in any scientific formula no matter how incontrovertible.” Both men retained their personal religious beliefs.
- Date
- 1 April 1971
- Creator
- Turner, John M.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- John M. Turner
- Turner
- 1971
- Darwinism
- Charles Darwin
- literary responses
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- James Russell Lowell
- evolution
- natural selection
- biological theory
- religious faith
- materialism
- humanism
- scientific method
- Asa Gray
- Huxley
- Lamarck
- Lyell
- Calvinism
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
- Harvard
- Atlantic Monthly
- Saturday Club
- mechanistic determinism
- free will
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- John M. Turner
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