NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
To one who gives even a cursory glance,— 
and this only at the practical side of this great 
work,—this grant will appear to have been 
splendidly bestowed. The value of it must 
still more clearly come into view as the years 
pass. It is to be doubted if the Institution ever 
offers a subvention for a more commanding 
purpose. The work is not only of supreme 
interest to people in every walk of life, but it 
is of transcendant commercial importance, as 
well as having a powerful bearing upon the 
welfare of the people. The results of this 
work are not for the benefit of the Carnegie 
Institution. They are not for Luther Bur- 
bank. They are not for his state, or his coun- 
try, but for all states and all countries, and 
for all the centuries. And should it happen as 
a result of this grant that some other man, or 
men, shall be raised up who shall prove them- 
selves worthy to carry on this great work 
when he who has inaugurated it shall lay it 
down, thus preserving continuity of effort, a 
still greater boon will have been conferred 
upon mankind. ‘There is no other enterprise 
in the world by which this may be measured. 
It stands alone, unique among movements 
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