George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address on this date in 1790. In addition to nation building; he also urged Congress to promote science and literature, saying, “Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”
Charles Darwin wrote two unpublished essays on his theory of natural selection in 1842 and 1844, and came to the concept in the late 1830s. This was long before Alfred Wallace also developed a similar theory of natural selection in the late 1850s.
Gilbert Klapper, paleontologist at Northwestern University
Charles Darwin wrote two unpublished essays on his theory of natural selection in 1842 and 1844, and came to the concept in the late 1830s. This was long before Alfred Wallace also developed a similar theory of natural selection in the late 1850s.
Gilbert Klapper, paleontologist at Northwestern University