Quote#Truth
The real question is, Did God use evolution as His plan? If it could…
Quote byWilliam Jennings Bryan · 1860–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: God and Evolution (1922).
English (original)
The real question is, Did God use evolution as His plan? If it could be shown that man, instead of being made in the image of God, is a development of beasts we would have to accept it, regardless of its effort, for truth is truth and must prevail. But when there is no proof we have a right to consider the effect of the acceptance of an unsupported hypothesis.
— William Jennings Bryan
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