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me, a self-renunciation which has something 

 noble in it, and of which the world never 

 hears, is often enacted in the private ex- 

 perience of the true votary of science." 



The recognition of Mr. Burbank was at 

 first slow because he has steadfastly refrained 

 from courting publicity, but it has proceeded 

 upon steadily advancing lines. One of the 

 most satisfying public acts in his career so 

 far, because it was an act of his fellows, was 

 the striking of a gold medal in his honor, 

 in May, 1903, on the part of the California 

 Academy of Sciences, a notable body of 

 western men. It was the date of the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the establishment of the 

 Academy. Mr. Burbank was chosen as the 

 one whom this commemoration medal should 

 honor. On the obverse of the medal are 

 the words: 



California Hcabemp of g>titmt& 



atoarbci) to 



Hutfjer 2frurfmnk 



iFor Meritorious! Wovk in J&ebeloping J^etu 

 iFormg of pant Hife. .pap 18, 1903 



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