NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
as its letter and detected unerringly the efforts 
which, while apparently in his behalf, were in 
reality essentially selfish, planned so that others 
might profit by his experiences. There were 
strings to them; he would have none of them. 
He could divide responsibility, and apportion 
duty, but he could not yield authority. It 
would be fatal to have any other will than his 
own in command. 
But he was learning now that, to accomplish 
the work he had mapped out, and so to leave 
it that others could take it up where he left it 
and carry it forward, it was imperative that he 
have assistance. Already many millions of 
dollars had been added to the national wealth 
because of his improved fruits. Already the 
whole world was being brightened by his 
flowers. And yet, if he should be able to work 
without handicap, the future promised far 
greater results than the past. Now and again, 
too, he was bitterly admonished that he could 
not work eighteen hours out of the twenty- 
four. Occasional illnesses came. He found 
that the nature he loved so well could chide 
as well as cheer. Several times he was laid 
by with dangerous nervous breakdowns. 
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