CHAPTER XIV 
HOW MAY I DO IT TOO;—BREEDING 
| a certain negative sense the most wonder- 
ful thing about Mr. Burbank’s work is that 
there are absolutely no secrets. He is as open 
as a book. He is not only peculiarly frank 
and ingenuous by nature, but he carries the 
same attributes into all conversations that 
arise pertaining to his great lifework. He 
is never happier than when he is doing 
something for some one else. Unselfishness 
fits him as a garment, but there the figure 
must change; for it fills all his life. So 
when it comes to showing others all that can 
well be shown of his work, he is supremely 
happy. 
The unfortunate word “wizard” attached 
itself to him when some of his remarkable 
achievements first became known, a term 
which he has always resented, as he has always 
deprecated those efforts of over-enthusiastic 
friends who have sought to weave strange 
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