Conclusion Tennyson's line of poetry "nature, red in tooth and claw" is misconstrued by many evolutionists as a reference to Darwin's theory of evolution. ███ ████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ ████ █████ ██████████ ██ ██ █████ ██ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ████████ █████ ███ █ ███████████ ███████
The argument concludes that certain evolutionists are wrong: a certain line of Tennyson’s poetry does not refer to Darwin’s theory of evolution. How do we know? The argument offers two supporting premises for this conclusion.
Firstly, the poem in question was published nine years before Darwin revealed his theory. This implies that Tennyson probably didn’t know about Darwin’s theory when he wrote this poem. Secondly, looking at the poem as a whole, the line actually seems to refer to a creationist theory of biology. This gives us a different explanation for the line of poetry, totally independent of Darwin.
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The author never discusses who was involved in developing Darwin’s theory. Like (D), no part of the argument does this.
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The claim about publication dates is totally independent from the claim about a creationist theory being dominant in the early nineteenth century. Neither supports the other, they just each support the same conclusion.
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This describes the role played by the claim about publication dates. The author uses this claim to cast doubt on Tennyson’s supposed reference to Darwin’s theory by implying that Tennyson had probably never encountered Darwin’s theory.
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The author never discusses what influences may have helped to inspire Darwin in developing his theory. Like (A), this is outside the scope of the argument.
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The claim about publication dates is irrelevant to Tennyson’s knowledge of evolutionary theories. At most, it implies that Tennyson didn’t know about a single unpublished theory.
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