"We will now discuss in a little more detail the struggle of existence".
             Charles Darwin was an English naturalist whose theory of evolution is one of the greatest contributions ever made to science. Throughout his life he had wrote some 160 books and essays on the subject. Many of his findings were controversial around the world. As you will see he endured the criticism of the scientific community and the church often calling his work offensive and blasphemous, only to learn later that his theories were indeed correct. This essay is intended to give you a better understanding of possibly one of the greatest minds of his and our times.
             Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England on February 12th 1809. His Father Robert was a physician and his mother was the daughter of a famous china maker. In his early years of school Charles was not considered a very good student, many years later was quoted as saying " I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common intelligence." In 1825 Darwin went to Edinburgh Medical School and soon realized that medicine was not for him and eventually left, stating two major reasons for his departure....he could not stand the sight of blood and found medicine boring. In 1882 Darwin went to Cambridge University to study the bible and to become a priest and eventually graduates with a degree in Theology.
             On Dec 27, 1831 Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle across the Atlantic and to South America and back. Darwin' job was to collect specimens of plants, animals, rocks and fossils and to make surveys and notes at each place they visited. Soon enough the Beagle was crammed full of specimen crates and boxes that were being regularly shipped back to England. Darwin was amazed at his first walks in a tropical rain forest where nearby he found the huge fossilized head on an extinct giant sloth. Later i...