"No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin."

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Source : "Darwin on the Origin of Species". "Edinburgh Review", 3, pages 487-532, 1860.

Richard Owen

#Attention Quotes #Structure Quotes #Barnacles Quotes

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