Third, as has often been noted, the pronouncements of the ultra-Darwinists can shake with a religious fervour. Their texts ring with high-minded rhetoric and dire warnings-not least of the unmitigated evils of religion-all to reveal the path of simplicity and straight thinking. (Simon Conway Morris)

Third, as has often been noted, the pronouncements of the ultra-Darwinists can shake with a religious fervour. Their texts ring with high-minded rhetoric and dire warnings-not least of the unmitigated evils of religion-all to reveal the path of simplicity and straight thinking.

Simon Conway Morris

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