pete... if you have been nagged to read Origins, it to have you see what was actually written... not what others have told you what it said. As in, go to the original source if you want to dispute it. Not some highly edited and glossed over summary.

At no point did anyone here tell you that Origins was nothing other than an early attempt (that was quite accurate, considering the available information) at explaining what Darwin himself observed in nature and others had determined in their studies of geology and biology.   And Darwin was honest about acknowledging where his lack of information was a hindrance to a fuller explanation and trusted that further study would help support his theory... which it did and continues to do.