Natural history Quotes by Richard Owen

Homologue. The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.

— Richard Owen

The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very…

— Richard Owen

Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.

— Richard Owen

Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after…

— Richard Owen

But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural…

— Richard Owen

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be…

— Richard Owen

The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical.

— Richard Owen

The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's…

— Richard Owen

Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life,…

— Richard Owen

Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink…

— Richard Owen

Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports of others…

— Richard Owen