Orders of truth.John Derbyshire's report of new scientific discoveries about evolutionary processes tells us not to fear new knowledge ("The Specter of Difference," Nov. 7). In his concluding paragraph, Derbyshire Derbyshire (där`bēshər, –shĭr) county (1991 pop. 915,000), 1,016 sq mi (2,632 sq km), central England. The county seat is Derby. , a self-proclaimed self-pro·claimed adj. So called by oneself; self-styled. Adj. 1. self-proclaimed - proclaimed to be or described as such by oneself, without endorsement by others; "self-proclaimed experts" Darwinist, looks beyond science for corroboration: "We have it on good authority, though, that we shall know the truth, and the truth shall make us free. I believe that if we hold fast to faith in that proposition, and trust science to uncover the truth, neither we nor our country will come to any harm." There's one small problem. One must understand the context of those words, from John 8:31 32: "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you tree." This is a different order of truth. John A. Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. Rockford Rockford, industrial city (1990 pop. 139,426), seat of Winnebago co., N Ill., on the Rock River near the Wis. line; inc. 1839 with the merger of two settlements on opposite sides of the river. , Ill. |
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