Looking deeper at Wordsworth

The article that I read is called "Wordsworth's response to Darwin." This article was written by Robert M. Ryan and he explains the two different views of nature. The Wordsworth view of nature is a very religious one compared to Darwin's. He believes that God is nature and whatever happens, always happens because God wants it to. There is a passage in this article that says "Wordsworth rarely concerned himself with questions of the origin or history of creation." It also goes on to say "Nature, whose reality, benevolence, and moral intent he never doubted." This illustrates Wordsworth's view more because it talks about how he never questioned anything that happened in nature. He just saw it as God's doing. The other side of this article talked about Darwin's view of nature. Darwin came up with the theory natural selection which is where only the strongest and most adapt creatures are the ones that survive in nature. When Darwin came up with this theory many people were outraged because they always believed that God was nature. There has been many people through history that argue which view is the right one, but no one ever wins. Some people believe that natural selection is how nature works. And the more religious people believe that God is nature and no matter what anyone says they will always believe that. It's been a very long time since Wordsworth came up with his belief and still to this day, people believe him over Darwin. Even when Darwin's theory has been scientifically proven. I think people still believe this because they don't want to accept anything else. Wordsworth was the best poet of his time and was trusted and respected by many people, so nobody doubted him when he presented his view of nature to the world. This article emphasized how people still believe Wordsworth over Darwin. It starts out in the beginning by saying "Wordsworth's influence was still impeding acceptance of the Darwinian vision of nature." After that, it goes into the different views of the two men.