malcolm (02/08/83)
#N:pur-ee:6900017:000:750 pur-ee!malcolm Feb 8 01:16:00 1983 I found the following quote in the book "A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown" very eloquent. Thomas Henry Huxley, in 1860, debated the cause of evolution with Bishop Wilberforce. The good Bishop concluded his attack on evolution by asking Huxley whether his descent from the ape was on his father's or his mother's side. Huxley's reply was as follows: "If then the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly en- dowed by nature and possessing great means and influence and yet who employs those faculties and that influence for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into a grave scientific discussion - I unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape."