I don't take Darwin's word as gospel, but I do realize and respect that his work laid the foundation for a scientific explanation of who we are as a species and how we came to be. His work was horribly flawed from an objective scientific point of view, but the importance and infuence of the basic idea that animals, including humans, evolved is huge. That's why I agreed that he was a racist, but I still don't see the idiot part.
---------------------------------------- Not every end is a goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; however, if the melody has not reached its end, it would also not have reached its goal. A parable. --Nietzsche