From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Nicolaas Dirk Doedes
Date:
2 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 139.12: 11
Summary:
The impossibility of conceiving that the universe arose through chance is the chief argument for the existence of God, but CD has never been able to decide whether this is an argument of real value. Safest to believe that the subject is beyond man’s intellect, "but man can do his duty".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project