Darwin's surprising statements on the role of the Creator

Page II of the 6th edition of
Origin of the Species

Darwin's Origin of Species has many more statements about the Creator than most people are aware of. Unfortunately, Dawkins' view that "Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist", which gives the impression that Darwin supported atheism, is much better known. 

This parallels the confusion around the 18th century intellectuals who championed a godless mechanistic universe with justification taken from the clockwork world of Newton's laws. It stands in contrast to the statement "He of all people was no Newtonian," as the Newton biographer, James Gleick, declared.

Similarly, Darwin was no atheist, and seems to have preferred to call himself an agnostic. The different versions of "Origin of Species" are framed in statements that picture Darwin as upholding the idea of a Creator as the primary cause.