Darwin rants about the superiority of natural selection over man's selection. This may be because he created this theory, but I as an unbiased reader must beg to differ. This is not intended to debunk or degrade anything that Darwin did, yet it is meant to build up what Darwin attempted to tear down. Darwin stated, "How fleeting are the wishes of Man... and consequently how poor will his products be." (Darwin 177) True, the wishes man are fleeting however they are poor by no means. Man has been able to compile some of the most impressive feats that that are definitely comparable to that of nature. The power and beauty of nature can never be appreciated enough nor should it be underestimated. However, this applies as well for the power of man. True to Darwin, we must not neglect nature, but under the same notion, we mustn't believe that nature alone can create greatness.
A statement such as this is definitely out of the ordinary for me. Typically I would side with the naturalists, praising the beauty of nature, but it isn't often that Man is the being that is underestimated. Man has an immense power that is often used against the betterment of nature, so to state that the product of man is something of inferiority is absurd.
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