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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Grant
Date:
9 April 1872
Source of text:
G72/2606, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inwards registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Grant
Date:
25 October 1872
Source of text:
A345 Royal Park Zoological Society letter & minute book, p.54, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Grant
Date:
1 November 1872
Source of text:
A345 Royal Park Zoological Society letter & minute book, p.55, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
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From:
James Miller (James) Grant
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 165: 89
Summary:

As a believer in the existence of God from the evidence of nature, he is somewhat staggered by CD’s and Tyndall’s books. Asks CD to tell him whether the doctrine of descent of man destroys the evidence of the existence of a God looked at through natural phenomena.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Miller (James) Grant
Date:
11 Mar 1878
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (12 December 2017)
Summary:

The strongest argument for the existence of God is the intuitive feeling that there must have been an intelligent beginner of the universe; "but then comes the doubt and difficulty whether such intuitions are trustworthy". CD is forced to leave the problem insoluble. "No man who does his duty has anything to fear, and may hope for whatever he earnestly desires."

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From:
James Miller (James) Grant
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 165: 90
Summary:

Thanks CD for his kind reply. JG does not feel he can rely on instinct or "intuition" in relation to existence of God. Is there no analogy between natural organisations and mechanical constructions to justify an intelligent first cause?

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