“Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining maturity.” IndividualCausesSpeciesMaturityMultitudes Author: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 no distinguishable individuals of a species.” Would BeCertainIndividualConditionsConstantSpeciesOrganismsVariability Author:Richard Owen
“The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately founded upon the examination of fully developed species;-But to obtain an insight into the laws of development,-the signification or bedeutung, of the parts of an animal body demands a patient examination of the successive stages of their development, in every group of Animals.” MayBodyLawScienceCertainNaturalAnimalGroupsStageDevelopmentDemandFunctionStructureSpeciesPatientInsightAdaptationExaminationAffinityCoexistence Author:Richard Owen
