tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post1283193310113752831..comments2024-02-09T05:30:07.127-05:00Comments on Blogpourri: Darwin and LincolnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-60680733577696221302009-02-20T12:41:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:41:00.000-05:00NM, I don't have the book. Will try to find it in ...NM, I don't have the book. Will try to find it in the library on my next visit.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-27485872640598167832009-02-19T20:21:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:21:00.000-05:00My curiosity's piqued too, after listening to the ...My curiosity's piqued too, after listening to the radio review. How do you find the book, now that it's in your hands?:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-31845831199286956932009-02-19T11:43:00.000-05:002009-02-19T11:43:00.000-05:00Siri, waiting to hear your reaction, but I'd rathe...Siri, waiting to hear your reaction, but I'd rather wait a while girl!<BR/><BR/>B, NM, that quoted text is what was attractive to me and made me want to read the book. The review did its job then, eh? I hope the book is not disappointing then. I also read that he was afraid of upsetting his wife's rather conservative sensibilities.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-81359143849234250642009-02-19T01:35:00.000-05:002009-02-19T01:35:00.000-05:00I've read very little on Darwin, but even as I'm t...I've read very little on Darwin, but even as I'm tempted to agree with B in the sense that the two aspects of Darwin - his dislike for slavery and his belief in the evolution theory - could be two different aspects, I'm also reminded of several scientists and researchers who were driven to finding a scientific and factual backing to an ideology of equality.<BR/>It could very well have been the Nino's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772512291327435370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-75196290292591110102009-02-18T21:30:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:30:00.000-05:00I heard two experts on the radio (on KQED's Forum ...I heard two experts on the radio (on KQED's Forum on the 12th) that the premise is flawed. Though Darwin did not like slavery it did not drive him towards <I>Origin</I>. The two aspects were independent. <BR/>Of course, the book might be making a more subtle claim or that he was pleased that his theory could undercut some of the justifications of slavery. But your quoted text, for eg., and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-5834662528005597732009-02-18T18:03:00.000-05:002009-02-18T18:03:00.000-05:00Yay for Aquarians! Ok, stupid comments aside, the ...Yay for Aquarians! Ok, stupid comments aside, the book does sound fascinating. I will check it out at the library once I have the time to read....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com