Cope an san shi da rikici kuma yana da saurin fushi; Marsh ya kasance mai jinkiri, ya fi tsari, kuma ya shiga ciki. Dukansu sun kasance masu jayayya da rashin amincewa. Bambance-bambancen su kuma sun faɗaɗa cikin fannin kimiyya, kamar yadda Cope ya kasance mai goyon bayan Neo-Lamarckism yayin da Marsh ya goyi bayan ka'idar Charles Darwin na juyin halitta ta hanyar zabin halitta. Ko da a mafi kyawun lokuta, maza biyu sun kasance suna kallon juna a hankali. Kamar yadda wani mai lura ya ce, "Mai yiwuwa Marsh ya yi la'akari da kansa ba mutum ba ne.
mai hankali, mai dabara, da kuma mai son kai