"At some point it must be recognized that evolution by natural selection was not the result of years of observation in which Darwin had no working hypothesis, but instead years of observations geared towards designing proofs for a hypothesis based on little more than a hunch; a frantic search on ‘the species question’ that ensued as little more than a rat race with Alfred Russell Wallace."
This brings the essay count in the Biology tab to 3, still one behind the Physics tab. As always, please leave comments on the essay on this blog post.