Henry Fairfield Osborn, From the Greeks to Darwin (1894)
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If the orthodoxy of Augustine had remained the teaching of the Church, the final establishment of Evolution would have come far earlier than it did, certainly during the eighteenth instead of the nineteenth century, and the bitter controversy over this truth of Nature would never have arisen.
— Henry Fairfield Osborn on Augustine of Hippo
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About Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American geologist, paleontologist, and eugenicist. He described and named the Ornitholestes in 1903, Tyrannosaurus in 1905, the Pentaceratops in 1923, and the Velociraptor in 1924.
About Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American geologist, paleontologist, and eugenicist. He described and named the Ornitholestes in 1903, Tyrannosaurus in 1905, the Pentaceratops in 1923, and the Velociraptor in 1924.
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