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  • Lankester is absolutely right; the beginning of a new year is an entirely arbitrary nonevent in our lives.

    Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

  • This one was called Science from an easy chair by Ray Lankester, published in 1913.

    Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Lankester was a friend of Marx, and spoke on his funeral.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Anti-Mankiw! 2010

  • Lankester was appalled at how Sacculina lost its segments and appendages as it matured.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • “Let the parasitic life once be secured,” Lankester warned, “and away go legs, jaws, eyes, and ears; the active, highly gifted crab may become a mere sac, absorbing nourishment and laying eggs.”

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Once King Edward VII offered him some tidbit of scientific knowledge while paying him a royal visit, and Lankester bluntly replied, “Sir, the facts are not so; you have been misinformed.”

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • “Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism” Lankester, 16, 56

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • When Lankester became a man, he had a giant frame and a puffy, vaguely Charles Laughton–like face.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Ray Lankester had nothing but contempt for Sacculina, the barnacle that degenerates practically into a plant.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • To Lankester, the quintessential parasite was a miserable barnacle named Sacculina carcini.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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