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Today, evolution is perhaps the biggest story told by The Natural History Museum. Its importance is recognised symbolically by the positioning of a statue overlooking the central hall. Charles Darwin, the man who unravelled the workings of evolution following his famous fiveyear voyage on The Beagle. In the recent past, this prime position in the museum was held by the statue of the museum' s founder, Richard Owen. Owen and Darwin spent years at loggerheads with opposing variations on evolutionary theory. When Darwin published The Origin of Species, Owen called it an abuse of science. Darwin wrote to a friend, saying, " It is painful to be hated in the intense degree with which Owen hates me," and some years later Owen lobbied against the extension of Kew Gardens, this prompted Darwin to write, " I used to be ashamed of hating him so much. But now I will carefully cherish my hatred and contempt to the last of my days." |
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rú jīn, zì rán shǐ bó wù guǎn lǐ de zhǔ tí huò xǔ jiù shì jìn huà lùn le. jìn huà lùn de zhòng yào dì wèi bù nán kàn chū nǐ zhǐ xū fǔ kàn zhōng yāng dà tīng, jiù néng kàn dào yī zuò diāo xiàng. chá ěr sī dá ěr wén, zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī, tā chéng bèi gé ěr hào jiàn huán qiú lǚ xíng. wǔ nián hòu tí chū le zì rán xuǎn zé de jìn huà xué shuō. bù jiǔ qián běn guǎn chuàng shǐ rén lǐ chá dé ōu wén de diāo xiàng hái zhàn jù zhe zhè yī zhòng yào wèi zhì, ōu wén hé dá ěr wén duì yú jìn huà lùn de guān diǎn. ōu wén rèn wéi jìn huà tōng guò xì bāo nèi bù de dòng lì ér fā shēng zì rán xuǎn zé xué shuō tài guò wéi lǐ shì jī yuán qiǎo hé, shù nián lái zhēn fēng xiāng duì, gè zhí yī cí, dá ěr wén fā biǎo wù zhǒng qǐ yuán shí, ōu wén zé chēng zhī" làn yòng kē xué". dá ěr wén gěi tā de péng yǒu xiě xìn dào," ōu wén duì wǒ shēn wù tòng jué, ràng wǒ gǎn jué hěn tòng kǔ". jǐ nián yǐ hòu, ōu wén yóu shuì fǎn duì qiū yuán de kuò jiàn, nà cù shǐ dá ěr wén xiě dào" guò qù duì tā de tòng hèn lìng wǒ xiū kuì. rú jīn, wǒ huì huái chuāi zhe zhè fèn chóu hèn hé miè shì zhí zhì shēng mìng de jìn tóu" |