Charles Darwin knew his critics all too well.
Webuser.com reported today that for the first time ever, the collection of Charles Darwin’s private papers and notes can now be accessed online.

The Darwin Online website has made correspondence and manuscripts including the first draft of his theory of evolution and Emma Darwin’s recipe book*.

You can also find notes from the voyage of the Beagle on the site among the 20,000 items that have been posted.

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is without question the best explanation for the fact that evolution occurred (and continues to occur) that does not also postulate some magical force that exists outside the bounds of the physical world. Indeed, it has largely withstood not only the test of time and scientific scrutiny, but also unrelenting attacks from religious fanatics who misunderstand the relationship between the theory and facts of evolution.

As we all know, any theory is just a conceptual device used to organize and explain the facts - or data - to which it pertains. For example, it is a fact that there are millions of species that are now extinct. It is also a fact that many of these earlier species appear to be related to species that exist now, and indeed, there appears to be a consistent progression of older species into newer species throughout the 3.5 billion years that life has existed on earth. Without resorting to magic or other dissonance-reducing shortcuts, the Darwin’s Theory of Evolution (or close variants of it) stands as the only plausible explanation for these - and many other - facts.

You can find the collection at darwin-online.org.

* These items will soon appear on the John McCain website under the heading “Family Recipes”

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