[Held_to_Ransom]

The last works of Darwin are his two volumes on Domestication. I have mentioned that to you several times now, and you didn't include them in your list of works by Darwin.

As for Gray, he may be popular now with ID proponents, but ID was the thinking of the late 18th and early 19th century, and considered passe in the time of Fiske among his wider circle. Gray, of course, though makes a more logical connection to Spencer and Huxley, who then bring us around to the Godless racism and totalitarianism of our universities, particularly in the early 20th century, but still alive and well in the Marxist influenced such as Chomsky etc. In short, the intellectually shriveled God is dead crowd.

[balrog666]

First it was Darwin's last works, then Fiske, then Gray, now "when did you stop beating your wife/desk".

DO you intend to support any of your assertions? Is this progression going anywhere? Really, what's next, aliens influenced Darwin - see all in this week's "Weekly World News"?

[Stultis]

Gray, of course, though makes a more logical connection to Spencer and Huxley, who then bring us around to the Godless racism and totalitarianism of our universities, particularly in the early 20th century, but still alive and well in the Marxist influenced such as Chomsky etc

Utterly amazing that you are able to get all the way from Asa Gray to Noam Chomsky, when (as I will soon contend) you seem to know next to nothing about Gray and his views.