Dante's Beatrice finally turns her face toward God and away from the poet, a step which even the most vigorous advocate for this - worldly selfhood, history and change must admit is fitting. (religion-online.org)
To illustrate the fossil problem, here is what a particularly vigorous advocate of Darwinism, Oxford Zoology Professor (and popular author) Richard Dawkins, says in The Blind Watchmaker about the «Cambrian explosion,» i.e., the apparently sudden appearance of the major animal forms at the beginning of the Cambrian era: (firstthings.com)
«While civility is an important aspect of advocacy, professionalism and credibility, it does not make you less of a fighter, less fearless or less vigorous an advocate. (thelawyercoach.com)