BacK of every plant, every shellfish, every burrowing rodent or ravaging animal, and back of every human being, there stretches an illimitable and mysterious heredity, about the nature and influence of which scientists and the wise men spend their lives in research, speculation, and conclusions. Little as we know of this subject we have pretty generally agreed that the newborn child has a heritage of tendencies and inclinations which furnish the foundation or groundwork from which he must build his house of Life.
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1927
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Luther Burbank, Sc. D Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's developments included those... |