Darwin and Pickwick
Anon
Genre: | Limerick |
Subjects: | Gravity, Mechanics, Evolution, Descent, Darwinism, Hypothesis |
Contrasts Isaac Newton's 'demonstrated' hypotheses to Charles R Darwin's poorly supported 'speculation'. Thinks that time, 'theory's dispeller / Will out of mind remove' such speculation, and invokes Sam Weller's saying in Pickwick Papers, 'Prove it. And he can't prove it'. | |
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