G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
Reality is when you read between the lines you can easily see why
Darwin's last words were "Man is wolf to man" The belief in a God
creates more and more hateful groups. The belief in God creates great
hate,and little love. Humankind will kill itself off in the name
of its Gods. Bert


Hi Bert,

The phrase "Man is wolf to man" was first written by the ancient Roman
playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 - c. 184 BC) in his pay
"Asinaria": "homo homini lupus" (man is wolf to man).

Later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) used the phrase in his
book "Leviathan".

But these days the quote is most often attributed to Sigmund Freud who
wrote it in his 1930 book "Civilization and its Discontents".

Sorry Bert, but there is no documation attributing this phase to
Charles Darwin on his deathbed or otherwise.

Creationists love to assert that his last words were "I was wrong".
But there is no documentation to support this either.

His real last words are documented in the following:

"In early 1882 he had several minor heart attacks. His condition
worsened and on April 19, 1882, at 73 years of age, he died at Down
House, after several hours of nausea, intense vomiting and retching,
symptoms of a chronic illness that bedeviled him for the last 40 years
of his life. At his bedside, and attending to his needs, were his wife
Emma, his daughter Henrietta and his son Francis. A widespread rumor
circulated -- facilitated by an evangelist by the name of Lady Hope who
preached in Downe during the last years of Darwins life -- that on his
deathbed Darwin renounced evolution and declared himself a Christian.
This story, totally contradictory to the nature of the man himself, is
a falsehood, denied by his daughter Henrietta and those who knew him
best and who were actually at his bedside during his last weeks.
Darwin's last words, spoken to his wife Emma, were in actuality, 'I am
not in the least afraid to die.'"

http://www.public.coe.edu/department...arwin_bio.html

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