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was the one supreme ideal for man, regardless 

 of dictum or creed of any sort, and through life 

 he has found no reason to change the attitude 

 then taken. 



He believes that one's own life is the only true 

 life to live ; and that we should always remember 

 that our brothers and sisters who are traveling 

 the same road have the same rights and should 

 have all the privileges we demand for ourselves; 

 and that these privileges should be extended to 

 our traveling companions in scales, furs, and 

 feathers. 



Although the name of Luther Burbank is 

 familiar throughout the whole civilized world, 

 and even where civilization is but partial, yet 

 very few know how simple is his home life, or 

 how strenuous is his work. 



The little vine-covered cottage in a corner of 

 the experiment grounds at Santa Rosa was his 

 home for many years. Years of thought, plan- 

 ning, working and waiting, with insufficient 

 laboratory and office room, with no trained 

 assistants, he was thus compelled personally 

 to keep his own accurate scientific records, 

 his only financial resource was the occa- 

 sional sale of novelties, the real cost of which 

 was little understood. He listened quietly, 

 patiently, and reverently to nature's lessons, and 



