Sunday, September 28, 2008

Huxley and Tyndall

"her favourite reading as a girl was Huxley and Tyndall " (77)

Thomas Huxley's nickname was "Darwin's Bulldog" and was an advocate of his theories. John Tyndall was a scientist who argued science's dominance over religious explanations of the world. They both believed in evolution and natural law over religion. Clarissa used to read the workds of these men and in turn did not believe in a God. She does not do good for the sake of pleasing a God, but does good for the sake of helping the prisoners of the world such as he self.

~Waggoner, Ben "Huxley's Scientific Thought" Febuary 8, 1999. September 28, 2008
~John,Wyhe."John Tyndal" The Victorian Web. September 28, 2002. September 28, 2008