THE LUTHER BURBANK SOCIETY 



may fail, many may succeed; that from the mis- 

 takes of the past grow the achievements of the 

 future. 



It would have been quite possible for those 

 friends of Luther Burbank who organized The 

 Luther Burbank Society to have enlisted the sup- 

 port of any one of several of America's philauT 

 thropic multi-millionaires; but in the light of his- 

 tory, this seemed the least advisable thing to do. 



And so, after much consultation and many con- 

 ferences, the present plan of organization of The 

 Luther Burbank Society was devised — a plan 

 which enlisted the philanthropic support of many 

 members — some fifteen hundred of whom contrib- 

 uted of their means, and some five thousand oth- 

 ers of their abilities. In short, the plan of the 

 organizers of The Luther Burbank Society was to 

 interest a large body of philanthropic Americans 

 in the work, feeling that in numbers there was not 

 only strength but safety, and many other elements 

 of success. 



With the organization of The Luther Burbank 

 Society in the spring of 1912, it was found that no 

 difficulty was to be experienced in enlisting repre- 

 sentative men and women in the movement, so the 

 undertaking was launched, and The Society came 

 into full fledged existence, being chartered by the 

 State of California for the purpose of "collating 



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