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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers?

Does "There is grandeur in this view of life,
with its several powers" mean "There is grandeur in this view of life,
because of its (the grandeur's) several powers"?

Context:

These laws, taken in the largest sense, being
Growth with reproduction; Inheritance which is almost implied by
reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the
conditions of life, and from use and disuse; a Ratio of Increase so
high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to
Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the
Extinction of less improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature,
from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are
capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher
animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life,
with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the
Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet
has gone circling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so
simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most
wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
  

Top answer

SweetFreedom Does "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers" mean "There is grandeur in this view of life, because of its (the grandeur's) several powers" No; it is life that has several powers (itemized in the previous sentences). The grandeur is because it is ***'s work and has led to such a grand conclusion—humans. )

  • SweetFreedom Does "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers" mean "There is grandeur in this view of life, because of its (the grandeur's) several powers" No; it is life that has several powers (itemized in the previous sentences).
  • The grandeur is because it is ***'s work and has led to such a grand conclusion—humans.
  • )
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SweetFreedomDoes "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers" mean "There is grandeur in this view of life, because of its (the grandeur's) several powers"
No; it is life that has several powers (itemized in the previous sentences). The grandeur is because it is ***'s work and has led to such a grand conclusion—humans.

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No.
. . with its several powers. . describes 'life'. The phrase tells us that life has several powers.

Clive
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So Darwin meant that *** got the life started and then the life began the process of evolution?
That is, in Darwin's opinion, *** didn't create life as is; rather, He got it started (from non-living matter); it is Evolution that makes life as is?
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Yes, that was Darwin's compromise with the Church of England.

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