CHAPTER VII. The Battle for Evolution 110

THE BATTLE FOR EVOLUTION 110

Huxley's Prevision of the Battle--The Causes of the Battle--The Times Review--Sir Richard Owen attacks Darwinism in the Edinburgh Review--Bishop Wilberforce attacks in the Quarterly Review--Huxley's Scathing Replies--The British Association Debates at Oxford--Huxley and Wilberforce--Résumé of Huxley's Exact Position with Regard to Evolution and to Natural Selection.