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. HL 
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