Charles Darwin Day (Feb 13) is upon us again. I have a
previous post regarding Charles Darwin, and I have little to add to that commentary today..
In this country some (actually quite a few) citizens, including a few congressmen, have religious belief in divine creation, or intelligent design as it is sometimes called, (their belief is fine with me), and they would like to see creationism taught as legitimate science in our public schools (this is not so fine with me.)
In contrast, I was recently in London and visited the British Museum of Natural History, which is essentially a monument to Darwin. It even has a full-sized statue of the man in a prominent position of the main hall. The quintessential homage a country can give to a citizen however is to place his/her image on their money so that it is seen by millions every day, and that is what England did with their 10 Pound Sterling banknote (and this is fine with me.)
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Darwin, seen on the stair landing at the far back of the hall,
oversees the collections of the British Museum of Natural History (click to enlarge.) | |
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| Charles Darwin |
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| Lost in thought? |
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| Darwin on the Ten Pound Note |
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