Darwin's own grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, wrote an extensive book outlining a transmutation view, and it is known that Darwin had read this as a teenager.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
At the simplest level, influence is simply the effective combination of three elements: 1  A communicator -- the person who wants to influence someone. 2  A message -- what the communicator wants the audience to do or believe. 3  An audience -- the recipient (or recipients) of the message.