PREFACE 



yielded to the irritation that must have swept 

 a lesser man off his feet. 



For the unfailing courtesy, for the superb 

 thoughtfulness, for the rare gift of clarity of 

 speech, for all these, and far more, I am 

 under obligation to the man about whom this 

 book is written. If it shall be an exposition of 

 his great work which shall bring pleasure and 

 possibly some measure of profit to those who 

 read, and, beyond, if it shall point the way 

 to a still wider extension of the work of which 

 Luther Burbank is so conspicuous a pioneer 

 and leader, I shall indeed be glad. 



W. S. H. 



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