“The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.”
Milan Kundera
“A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.”
Eileen Caddy
“A number of these specimens are the best of the species that we have ever found worldwide.”
Richard Hulbert
“Just specimens is all New Hampshire has,/ One each of everything as in a show-case/ Which naturally she doesn't care to sell.”
Robert Frost
“We've now got about 10 Neanderthal specimens of around 40-50,000 years old that have yielded DNA that is clearly distinct from anyone alive today.”
Chris Stringer
“I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen.”
Edward Forbes
“Literally millions of specimens have been collected. There will be many more new species of spiders.”
Charles Griswold
