This is the seventh installment in Eric Ludy’s epic summer Daily Thunder series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW1. This episode explores the impact of evolutionary thought upon France in the years leading up to 1914. The entire French culture teemed with twisted notions derived from Darwin’s postulations—and these twisted notions nearly destroyed the nation. Their German enemy to the east was well aware of their muddled thinking and attempted at the outset of the war to entrap them through their misguided passions.