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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