“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 guidance in them, the power of rendering surgical operations painless, the measures for preserving public health, and for preventing or mitigating epidemics,-such are among the more important practical results of pure scientific research, with which mankind have been blessed and States enriched.” Has BeensImportantStatesLawScienceResultsMankindCrimePureResearchBlessedStormPracticalsOperationsGuidanceGasApplicationEnginesElectricLightningLampsSteamEpidemicsPreventingPublic HealthConductorScientific ResearchRenderingManifoldPainlessTelegraphMarinersSteam Engines Author:Richard Owen
“Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another.” ImportanceAppreciationDependenceModeratesManifoldDependence On Others Author:Richard Owen
