THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION GRANT 
man who can ever succeed in the deep sense 
in association with Mr. Burbank in the 
development of the scientific phases of his 
work is a man who has not only the liberal 
training of the schools and the inborn love 
for research, but who sees beyond the mere 
matter of academic record, important though 
it be, into the noble field of true science where 
he who wins for science and the world must 
stand ready to divest himself of the impedi- 
menta of precedent the very instant it be 
found inadequate. Such men, working with 
this man, should not only win new triumphs for 
science, but set forward the standard of the 
practical. It need scarcely be added that such 
men will be in unquestioned sympathy with 
Mr. Burbank and the great work which lies 
before and behind him. 
It may be noted, in passing, as an illustra- 
tion of the expenses attached to the work, 
that, during the busiest season, when grafting, 
transplanting and general culture are at their 
highest, between six hundred and eight 
hundred dollars a month must be paid out for 
laborers’ hire alone—a sum that will increase 
rather than decrease as the work advances. 
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