From:    Larry Meyering
To:      Larry Sites                             94-05-30 08:%:04
Subject: Fox quote

Larry, this is one of the Fox quotes that I have.

  "The geological record is extremely imperfect and this fact will to a
  large extent explain why we do not find interminable varieties
  [transitions] connecting together all the extinct and existing forms
  of life by the finest graduated steps.  He who rejects these views on
  the nature of the geological record will rightly reject my whole
  theory" Darwin 1859 pg 342 Origin of the Species.

This one is hard to believe.  Its hard to believe that anyone would
take something so far out of context, *add* in words that change the
whole meaning and then say that its a quotation.  But then - the lying
professional  creationists are not known for their ability to tell the
truth.

Its from the last sentence of the first paragraph of the "Summary"
of chapter 10 page 342.  The real sentence reads as follows;

"All these causes taken conjointly, must have tended to make the
geological record extremely imperfect, and will to a large extent
explain why we do not find interminable varieties, connecting together
all the extinct and existing forms of life by the finest graduated steps.
   "He who rejects these views on the nature of the geological
record will rightly reject my whole theory."

Note: The inclusion of the word "is" ie "record is extremely" and how
that inclusion changes the meaning of even this small snippet of a
quote.

Note: "All these causes taken conjointly" convently left out of the
quote by  Fox.  Why would he leave out these seemingly innocent words?
Because it then begs the question - What causes? - The causes that
Darwin dealt with for the proceeding 63 pages!  That's what causes!

Note: The additions of the words "this fact".  This is not what Darwin
said.  But then if you are going to change what was said to make it
agree with what you want it to say - why not make it sound as good as
you can make it.

Larry