[Taxacom] Origin of Species' 150th anniversary

[Frederick W. Schueler]

Moretzsohn, Fabio wrote:

> I was surprised and saddened that the 150th anniversary of the
> publication of Darwin's Origin of Species last week, Nov. 24, passed
> without much notice in the media...

* The Ottawa Citizen's centre-spread article is at 
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Charles+Darwin+still+evokes+howls+protest/2249405/story.html

Also the CBC Ideas program has been running a series of biographical 
pieces about Darwin which even some who consider him a model citizen 
regard as cringingly obsequious.

Maybe what we need is memorials to all the whoop and holler that was 
emitted at the 100th anniversary of the Origin, in 1959.

fred.
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