... education, young Huxley read voraciously in science, history, and philosophy, and taught himself German. At the age of 15, Huxley began a medical apprenticeship; soon he won a scholarship to study at Charing Cross Hospital. At 21, Huxley signed on as assistant surgeon on the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, a Royal Navy frigate assigned to chart the seas around Australia and New Guinea. Huxley vividly described conditions on the ship in his diary: I wonder if it ... nor descended from them. Huxley and his colleagues showed that the brains of apes and humans were fundamentally similar in every anatom...

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... 's goal was to incorporate modern science into their belief. They studied the Scriptures in scientific way and publicly criticized the interpretation of the Bible. Cornelius Opzoomer (1821-1892) was an influential professor of philosophy at the University of Utercht. Opzoomer was a scientist who supported matters of science and faith. He criticized all Christians who opposed Darwin's hypotheses on the ground of the Christians' belief that God created all species in God's own way ... have used Darwin's theory in their world views. The free thinkers started to practice Darwin's theory of n...

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