It is not people who choose the times, but the times who choose people. Fate, sometimes it is something that people cannot believe.
It stands to reason that fate has nothing to do with materialists like Darwin, but in the film "Creating Man", the shadow of melancholy fate cannot be escaped almost everywhere.
Contrary to what was imagined, the writing of "Origin of Species" did not go through the process of the outside world's "blade, frost and sword". The pressure from the outside world only came from the occasional reminders made by Huxley and others. In Darwin's unstable physical condition, the reminders were gentle and the pressure was limited. What's more, it was in the Victorian era, and science was developing rapidly under the impetus of the industrial revolution. Scientists were faced with an era of unprecedented grandeur and generosity, and they would not be dragged to the public and burned as pagans like the Middle Ages. Darwin's pressure to write "The Origin of Species" came almost entirely from himself. It was his own inner war between heaven and man, rather than a strong rebound under the suppression of external forces, so this conflict appeared to be much more gentle. However, compared with the pleasure of confrontation with the outside world, fighting with oneself is a more cruel and long-lasting chronic torture.
Faith is shaken, the grief of losing a beloved daughter, science can make people see through the entire universe and the long history of human evolution, but it cannot soothe the pain of the spirit. Darwin under the lens is not a firm and strong defender of science, but more like a weak lamb lost outside his beliefs. This weak and painful process may be in tune with the pains experienced by the evolution of human civilization. The choice at this time is no longer a simple decision of the individual's subjective will. The development of science and the progress of the times have determined Darwin's here and now, regardless of whether the individual is strong enough.
Science needs the support of belief, and science without belief may lose strength and direction as Darwin experienced. Fortunately, at the end of the film, Darwin finally found a more permanent, firm and warm faith - family. With the support of the family, Darwin gained enough mental strength to finally complete The Origin of Species smoothly. Family may be the best gift given to him by the secret god of fate.
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