in 1858, which was the widely accepted view of earth’s age? -hundreds of years old-1,858 years old-six thousand years old-millions of years old

Question:

In 1858, which was the widely accepted view of Earth’s age?

six thousand years old

Explanation:

In 1858 it was  widely accepted  that the Earth was only several thousand years as it was accepted by Church and at that times Church had power over the science. Church believed that earth was static.

In 19th century Charles Darwin started to doubt this position, on his jorney he came to the conclusion that the Earth was very old, the age of it was way more than 6,000 years, also, he discovered that it constantly chnages.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

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