HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD 
reason,—that his instincts and purposes are 
essentially those of a scientific man, not of 
a nurseryman nor even of a horticulturist. 
To have tried fewer experiments and all of 
a kind likely to prove economically valuable, 
and finally to have exploited these as a 
nurseryman, would have brought him more 
money. In his own way, Burbank belongs in 
the class of Faraday and the long array of 
self-taught great men who lived while the 
universities were spending their strength on 
fine points of grammar and hazy conceptions 
of philosophy. His work is already an in- 
spiration to botanists as well as horticulturists, 
opening a new line of research in heredity, 
as well as a new field for economic advance. 
Already his methods are yielding rich results 
in the hands of others. We shall, by such 
means, find much more than we now know of 
the evolution of organisms, while the improve- 
ment of organisms for the use and pleasure 
of man is yet in its infancy. 
“Scientific men belong to many classes ; 
some observe, some compare, some think, and 
some carry knowledge into action. There 
is need for all kinds and a place for all. With 
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