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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