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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VIII. 
honoured person in receiving the visit of so many 
intellectually eminent persons ; all that he had 
done was a duty and pleasure ; he only desired to 
know the wishes of the Congress, he would fulfil 
them to the utmost of his power ; regretted that 
this was not much, and that he should be more 
than repaid by the benefit which might be an- 
ticipated to this beautiful part of Italy. The 
Prince observed that that was the most delicate 
expression, and in the best taste, for by using it, 
instead of saying “ to my kingdom,” he made him- 
self one of the assembly. . . . Whilst we were 
waiting [for dinner] Robert Brown came in, sun- 
burnt and blistered from the effects of an excur- 
sion to the summit of Vesuvius.’ 
While in Rome Owen was the guest of Prince 
Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and he says, in a 
letter to Mrs. Clift (October 7, 1845): ‘I have 
seen St. Peter’s, the Vatican, Colosseum by sun- 
light and moonlight, and more than anybody else 
ever did or could see in so short a time ; but 
the Prince arranges everything, and his horses 
are swift.’ 
Before leaving Italy Owen visited Florence, 
and in his diary writes : ‘ At Florence I had per- 
mission of the Grand Duke to have a copy of the 
portrait of Oliver Cromwell which hung as a pen- 
dant to that of Charles I. in the room or gallery 
of the Pitti Palace assigned to “ Portraits of Great 
Generals.” The copy was made, at the recom- 
