Darwin's Creator

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one...”
--last sentence of Darwin's “On The Origin of Species...”, 1st edition

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one....”
--last sentence of Darwin's “On The Origin of Species...”, later editions

Apparently, Darwin made several corrections to his book after reading On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, a devastating critique of his theory of Natural Selection. Perhaps the addition of the words “by the Creator” are in response to that. Or perhaps Darwin felt pressure from the scientific community. The information is, however, implicit without the added phrase. Breathing is not an aspect of dead matter. It can only mean a Creator unless it is being used mystically—i.e., to use personal language to describe non-personality.