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The lure of happiness and the fear of pain . . . are the two forces which have through untold millenniums kept what we usually call life from destruction by the ever encroaching outside forces of destruction.

Luther Burbank

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Luther Burbank
Age: 77 †
Born: 1849
Born: March 7
Died: 1926
Died: April 11
Academic
Botanist
Gardener
Geneticist
Horticulturist
Inventor
Non-Fiction Writer
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And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian legends as the canons of modern culture. Our scientific men are paying for their failure to speak out earlier. There is no use now talking evolution to these people. Their ears are stuffed with Genesis.
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Of course it must, and our scientific men must be criticized boldly. They will not feel comfortable when you and I are through with them.
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