Natural theology was not a unified doctrine, and while some such as Louis Agassiz were strongly opposed to the ideas in the book, others sought a reconciliation in which evolution was seen as purposeful. In the Church of England, some liberal clergymen interpreted natural selection as an instrument of God's design, with the cleric Charles Kingsley seeing it as "just as noble a conception of Deity". In the second edition of January 1860, Darwin quoted Kingsley as "a celebrated cleric", and added the phrase "by the Creator" to the closing sentence, which from then on read "life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one". While some commentators have taken this as a concession to religion that Darwin later regretted, Darwin's view at the time was of God creating life through the laws of nature, and even in the first edition there are several references to "creation". COUNT 5
QSN1 What view did Louis Agassiz have of On the Origin of Species? ANS1 strongly opposed to the ideas in the book QSN2 What view did some clergymen in the Church of England take of the theory of natural selection? ANS2 interpreted natural selection as an instrument of God's design QSN3 What did Darwin do to show that he admired the cleric Charles Kingsley?  ANS3 Darwin quoted Kingsley as "a celebrated cleric", and added the phrase "by the Creator" to the closing sentence, QSN4 What did some commentators think about Darwin changing the phrasing in his book? ANS4 some commentators have taken this as a concession to religion that Darwin later regretted QSN5 What were Darwin's views on the part of God in his theory? ANS5 Darwin's view at the time was of God creating life through the laws of nature