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.
1 An audience -- the recipient (or recipients) of the message. 2  Throughout this section, we will refer to the person or people you want to influence as the audience, even if your audience is just one person.