Vernon y m a n Kellogg 



laws of evolution, but new facts, new data, 

 new canons for special cases. No new principle 

 or process to substitute for selection, but a new 

 proof of the possibilities of the effectiveness of 

 the old principle. No new categories of varia- 

 tions, but an illuminating demonstration of the 

 possibilities of stimulating variability and of the 

 reality of this general variability as the fundamen- 

 tal transforming factor. No new evidence either 

 to help the Darwinian factors to their death-bed, 

 or to strengthen their lease on life ; for the 'man' 

 factor in all the selecting phenomena in Burbank's 

 gardens excludes all 'natural' factors. Here are 

 some of Burbank's own words, touching these 

 matters that scientific men are particularly inter- 

 ested in, in his work : 



* 'All scientists have found that preconceived no- 

 tions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice must be set 

 aside, listening patiently, quietly and reverently to 

 the lessons one by one which mother nature has to 

 teach, shedding light on that which before was a 

 mystery, so that all who will may see and know. 



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