Treachery: The Ninth Circle

“The lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven”.

 Darwin sketched a tree of life to illustrate his idea of descent with modification. It is the only illustration in On the Origin of Species.

 The Tree of Life is an ever-evolving depiction of life’s common ancestry, designed from careful observations and comparisons of living things. The tree shows that all organisms are related through their descent (the branches) from a common ancestor (the root).

 In the final circle of Hell are those who betrayed their loved ones, friends, best friends, countries, cities, guests, and even their masters. We carry on killing Nature, as if we do not see we are killing ourselves.

 “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” Charles Darwin