Quote#Wisdom
Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a…
Quote byRichard Owen · 1804–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: as stated in "The Edinburgh Review" on page 494 by Sydney Smith, Francis Je frey Jeffrey, William Empson, Macvey Napier, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Reeve, Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot, and Harold Cox, publication in 1860..
English (original)
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.
— Richard Owen
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