Burbank refused to accept the dogma and religion of his time because he knew that they were poisoning the brain and mentality of man. They were paralyzing the intellect. He looked upon them as weeds that must of necessity be rooted out before man could think freely and act properly upon the problems of life. Because of his fame, and despite his open declaration, the religious world is making an attempt to claim him as one of their members. His name cannot be mentioned in the same breath with that impulse, with that conviction which produces religious mania, religious strife, religious hatred and religious prejudice.
Religious love is clannish.
Christian loves Christian. Jew loves Jew. Luther Burbank loved everybody. I love humanity. I love flowers.