# Darwin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin/54424>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin/54424 "2001-02-14T04:49:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![radiohdkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@radiohdkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radiohdkid)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin/54424/1 "2001-02-14T04:49:41Z")

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Did Darwin actually disown his ideas in “Origin of Species” (or anytime for that matter), or is this just more Creationist propaganda? Any help would be appreciated.  
Corey

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin/54424/2 "2001-02-14T05:00:40Z")

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[The Lady Hope Story: A Widespread Falsehood](http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hope.html) from [Talk.Origins Archive](http://www.talkorigins.org), or in other words, “b”.

And welcome to the Straight Dope, **radiohdkid**.