What does the word enigma mean?
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Usage examples for enigma
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But
you
must
recollect
that
when
I
say
I
think
it
is
either
Mr.
Darwin's
hypothesis
or
nothing;
that
either
we
must
take
his
view,
or
look
upon
the
whole
of
organic
nature
as
an
enigma,
the
meaning
of
which
is
wholly
hidden
from
us;
you
must
understand
that
I
mean
that
I
accept
it
provisionally,
in
exactly
the
same
way
as
I
accept
any
other
hypothesis."
– Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by P. Chalmers Mitchell
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The
inner
conditions
of
life
have
in
both
respects
shown
a
greater
independence
than
Darwin
had
supposed
in
his
theory,
though
he
always
admitted
that
the
cause
of
variation
was
to
him
a
great
enigma, "
a
most
perplexing
problem,"
and
that
the
struggle
for
life
could
only
occur
where
variation
existed.
– Darwin and Modern Science by A.C. Seward and Others
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No,
my
lord,
why
Valdriguez
returned
to
Geralton
is
an
enigma,
I
grant
you,
but
your
explanation
does
not
satisfy
me.
– Who? by Elizabeth Kent