Owen vs Cope: should a dinosaur be crowned or corrected?
RICHARD OWEN vs COPE go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.
I named these terrible lizards, sir - I gave order to the ancient world while you were still scrambling in Kansas quarries.
You named them and then hoarded credit like a dragon on its bones; I found more species in one season than you saw in a lifetime.
Quantity is not truth - you once mounted your Elasmosaurus with the skull on the wrong end, and all of Philadelphia laughed.
I made an honest error and confessed it; you built a whole reputation dressing rivals' discoveries in your own name - I'd rather be wrong out loud than right by theft.
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