Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
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 varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developeda spineless cactusand the plumcot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 March 1849
CountryUnited States of America
country men thinking
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.
skills atheism movement
Bryan - a great friend of mine, by the way - had a Neanderthal type of head, Burbank says. As to Riley, he has not even the oratorical skill of Bryan. The whole movement is based on the poor whites of the south.
children parent heredity
Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent.
weed flower pride
I have seen myself lose intolerance, narrowness, bigotry, complacence, pride and a whole bushel-basket of other intellectual vices through my contact with Nature and with men. And when you take weeds out of a garden it gives you room to grow flowers. So, every time I lost a little self-satisfaction, or arrogance, I could plant some broadness or love of my own in its place, and after a while the garden of my mind began to bloom and be fragrant and I found myself better equipped for my work and more useful to others as a consequence.
atheism use retorts
What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.
atheism savior positive-atheism
Science is the only savior.
thinking people world
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
weed children parenting
If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
mother nature light
All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, 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 was before a mystery, so that all who will may see and know. She conveys her truths only to those who are passive and receptive.
happiness make-others-happy world
The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.
insanity theology
Science, unlike theology, never leads to insanity.
thinking prejudice rearranging
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.
teacher men atheism
The time has come for honest men to denounce false teachers and attack false gods.
everyday each-day misery
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the road toward misfortune, misery and destruction.