I The Method of Argument

of Charles Darwin’s natural selection theory. Neither has any other theory gained as much scientific affirmation as this one.’1 Another view expressed by a notable American scholar in The Meaning of Evolution, (New York, 1951, p. 127) is that Darwin was one of the greatest men in history, having made such a prominent contribution to the development of human knowledge. He gained this position because he proved quite finally that organic evolution was a fact and not a mere supposition set forth for the purpose of scientific research. A. E. Mander writes: The theory of organic evolution that the species and varieties of living things have undergone a process of evolution to ‘become’ what they are today as a result of a very long history of changes and developments—this theory has been proved by so many arguments that it can be called almost approximate certainty.2 Writes R.S. Lull: Since Darwin’s day, evolution has been more and more generally accepted, until now in the minds of informed, thinking men, there is no doubt that it is the only logical way whereby the creation can be interpreted and understood.3 He goes on to say: All scientists and most informed men are now convinced of the truth of evolution, both inorganic and organic: that out of simple beginnings, when in the course of ages, the earth was fit for organic habitation, life began and by a continual unfolding process there have come all of the marvellously adapted forms of animal and plant life which we see today.4 One can gauge the popularity of this theory by the fact that in his 700-page book, Lull has dealt with the concept of the special creation of life in just one page and a few lines, while the whole of the rest of the book is devoted to the concept of organic evolution. Similarly,