Essentially, Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' asserts a Romantic philosophy with his notion of 'natural selection' playing the part of God.

In acknowledgment of the universal accomplishments of Charles Robert Darwin, his noble face is printed on English ten pound note crumpled in wallets country-wide. And yet, his fantastic achievements in the field of science have always deemed him the foil of philosophy and traditional aesthetics. Contrary to this popular assumption, 'The Origin of Species' is not only a colourfully and intimately written book, with poetic flashes of feeling and an intelligent style; it is a …

…is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' (suggestion for improvement; your directions on this page under 'Title/Description' mis-spells suggestions - try two 'g's!)