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:The only laws of matter are those that our minds must fabricate and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.<ref>http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_only_laws_of_matter_are_those_that_our_minds/323604.html</ref>

:The only laws of matter are those that our minds must fabricate and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.<ref>http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_only_laws_of_matter_are_those_that_our_minds/323604.html</ref>

These quotations have been offered in support of the idea that Maxwell was opposed to the theory of evolution, which was first made available to the world at the time.  It should be noted, though, that biology was neither Maxwell's area of expertise, nor was evolution developed as a full scientific field at the time these comments were made.

These quotations demonstrate Maxwell's rejection of the theory of evolution, despite pressure in [[England]] for acceptance of the theory.  While Maxwell was not a biologist, was the leading English-speaking scientific mind of his time.  Elsewhere Maxwell derisively referred to the theory of evolution as "speculations", and noted these speculations were absurd at the molecular level ([[Michael Behe]] made an analogous point in the new field of molecular biology over 100 years later):

Furthermore, Maxwell elsewhere wrote in support of evolutionary theory for living organisms and clarified that his opposition was only to an evolutionary theory of atoms and molecules:

:The molecules of the same substance are all exactly alike, but different from those of other substances. There is not a regular gradation in the mass of molecules from that of hydrogen, which is the least of those known to us, to that of bismuth; but they all fall into a limited number of classes or species, the individuals of each species being exactly similar to each other, and no intermediate links are found to connect one species with another by a uniform gradation.

:The molecules of the same substance are all exactly alike, but different from those of other substances. There is not a regular gradation in the mass of molecules from that of hydrogen, which is the least of those known to us, to that of bismuth; but they all fall into a limited number of classes or species, the individuals of each species being exactly similar to each other, and no intermediate links are found to connect one species with another by a uniform gradation.