LUTHER BURBANK 
there is no forward motion—that there has been 
no evolution—that there will be none. 
The plant student, above all others, has the 
greatest facilities at his hand for observing not 
only the details of the picture which is now on the 
screen—but for gaining glimpses—fragmentary 
glimpses—of pictures which have preceded—of 
piecing these together—and of realizing that all 
that we have and are and will be must be a part 
of this slow, sure, forward-moving change that 
unfailingly traces itself back to the little simple 
salt-water cell. 
As we go further and further into the work 
we shall begin to see the film fragments which to 
workers in other lines are obscured, unnoticed, 
unknown. 
We shall be able to observe details of the 
process—carried home to us with undeniable 
conviction—indisputable to any man who believes 
what he actually sees—which will give us a 
realistic view of the whole motion picture which 
to the world at large has always been denied. 
We shall find that, dealing, thus, with Nature’s 
forces at first hand, our work will inspire an 
interest beyond even the interest of creating new 
forms of life. 
And, as our work unfolds, the side lights which 
we shall see will clear up many or most of the 
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