Darwin worried about the relationship between what he said and the truths of religion, but he could proceed, he could write books about his subject without having to say what the relationship was to the religious claims, and similarly, geologists increasingly could talk about it.
Darwin preocupava-se com a relação entre o que ele afirmava e as verdades religiosas, mas ele podia prosseguir e escrever livros sem ter de explicar qual a relação com o que era dito pela Igreja. e similarmente, geólogos podiam falar de geologia.