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Clearing up what Darwin had said -- Evolution of the Eye

WHAT DARWIN REALLY SAID OR DIDN'T SAY!
There is an important matter here that has to be cleared up. It's what Charles Darwin said. or didn't say.
with this special sensibility.' (Darwin, 1859, The Origin of Species )[/nq]

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I thought I said what Darwin had said but Dave Greig at Ediacara U. said what I said wasn't what Darwin had said because he said Darwin had said something more than what I said he had said, then Steve Vickers in England sends an e-mail and said HE knows what Darwin had said, which is not entirely what I said he had said, so I said to myself, "I'll say what he said Darwin had said even though I don't know if he really had said it, since this is what he said he had said."
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In other words, it really doesn't matter what Darwin had said or what these fellas said he had said or what they said I didn't say since what I had said, whether Darwin said it or not, isn't something that was vital to say, and I'm sort of saying Darwin had painted himself into a corner when he said what he thought he should say, else critics laer would say he really had really nothing to say, even though he had said it.

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Meanwhile, I wonder what Darwin would've say about these: (all found between coal veins in Pennsylvania)
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Ed Conrad
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education? I'm sure the revisionists enjoy it, though. Harlan Messinger Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.

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What makes you think there's anything in here that's of any interest whatsoever to users of sci.lang or alt.usage.english or alt.education? I'm sure the revisionists enjoy it, though.

Harlan Messinger
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[nq:1]WHAT DARWIN REALLY SAID OR DIDN'T SAY! There is an important matter here that has to be cleared up. It's what Charles Darwin said. or didn't say. I have been accused of using only a portion of Darwin's quote[/nq]
You have been accused of this because that's exactly what you've done.
[nq:1]in which he expressed serious doubts about the evolution of the eye.[/nq]
This is your (mis)
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[nq:1]WHAT DARWIN REALLY SAID OR DIDN'T SAY! There is an important matter here that has to be cleared up. ... quote in which he expressed serious doubts about the evolution of the eye. < Therefore, this clarification is is order.[/nq]
Not in this newsgroup it isn't.
Stick to Vogon poetry, Ed, but not in this newsgroup either.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

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