. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. G>mplimcntary Banquet to Luther Burbank o world better for his having lived in it. But I am compelled to attend sessions of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals during this month at Portland and Seattle, and will not return until about the ist of October. The suggestion that I would be called upon, if present, to say something about the Carnegie Institution, offers an agreeable subject for discussion; and while the pleasure of the occasion for me would be to hear others, rather than to sp
. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. G>mplimcntary Banquet to Luther Burbank o world better for his having lived in it. But I am compelled to attend sessions of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals during this month at Portland and Seattle, and will not return until about the ist of October. The suggestion that I would be called upon, if present, to say something about the Carnegie Institution, offers an agreeable subject for discussion; and while the pleasure of the occasion for me would be to hear others, rather than to speak myself, the suggestion enables me to say in this letter about all that I would say, if present. Of course I would like to say something in appreciation of the work of my friend Mr. Burbank, whose achievements, I understand, will be the general theme of the occasion. If he is the benefactor of mankind who "makes two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew^ before," what shall we say of Burbank, who makes tons of new varieties of vegetation to grow where none grew before? The satire of Dean Swift upon the in- significance of political service as compared with the value of such a dominion over Nature is a needless disparagement of political services which the country needs and must have, but it does not overestimate the importance of a knowledge of Nature and Nature's laws. ^'Ir. Burbank has done much, and will do more, if he is permitted to carry his plans into execution. But it will be necessary now to give him time, and time to himself, to enable him to follow in plant life the intricate paths of Nature, and interpret to the world her processes of evolution. Mr. Carnegie believes that man is destined to become an absolute ruler in the kingdom of Nature, and so believing, he founded the Carnegie Institution at Washington, to pro- vide and develop the highest skill and most thorough appli-. Please note that these images
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