Evening star., 1926-04-21

ture and the artist delight IN cree
ton. But he had also the patience
and the regard for detail of the sciel,-
tst. To the Quincy Wing Journal
the outstanding mark Of his worl-
was patience while the jackson Cit
zen Patriot sees in his life but ar
other illustration of the power whic!,
lies III slnEleness OF purpose" The
Bluetield Daily Telegraph also paw
unstinting tribute 10 the brain powe
of the plant wizard, and observes tina
even more marvellous was the unre
hitting application which enabled
him to get full measure Of service
from his great brain power"
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The Schenectady Gazette think
the wizards attitude toward his
failures shows one reason he wae
successful in SO many instances. n
stead of Grieving over them, he pu-
them aside and went on with his
work. Because of this" says the
Gazette his failures We're speedily
forgotten. and all that remained was
the memory of his triumphs."
The Detroit News loves Burbank for
his modesty, saying, There was never
any arrogance in the mans work, for
always he realized that while he could
suggest and plan and operate. nothing
but the stupendOus viriity of nature
could heal the wounds he made or give
life to the new things he dreamed"
Ana he was willing to wait for ma
lures final verdict on his experiments
as the Champaign News Gazette points
out IN its comment, Many of the
Burbank improvements were of great
economic value, but none was made
public until after the most careful
testing. lasting perhaps for years, had
proved its practical value"
Apropos of the religious discussion
that embittered the last days of the
great lover of nature and that is said
to have haStened his end. the Passaic
Daily Herald epitOmizes the opinions
OF many in the words, Not for what
he believed but for what he achieved
will Luther Burbank be remembered"
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The Milwaukee Journal SAYS: "Nyhen
he explained what he believed, it was
clear that Luther Burbank was q. most
pious inildel. lie recognized a great
universal power, but he could not
comprehend what the power was
In this he was not different from many
good men," adds the Journal The
Charlotte Observer declares, What
ever Burbank disbelieved or believed.
he did not dispute the existence OF
God, and his faith in the handiwork of
God was firmly founded As to his
belief that there was no after life. the
Observer says: Through many years
of associations he had seen his play
things and his loved companions, the
plants and flowers. wither and die
The idea may have gradually come
over him, and finally held fast grip on
him, that If things SO beautiful as all
these were doomed to die, mere man
must be destined for the same fate"
Though Burbank recognized
great universal power, a creative
spirit" ever active in the world.
through whose workings his achieve
ments in the plant world were made
possible, still, as the New Orleans
Tribune records. AT the end, with all
his experience and knowledge, he could
not analyze or define this power, this
creative spirit with which he worked.
humbly and patiently" AS to this.
the Tribune, continuing, says
Neither can we. We have many
names for it. But we know 1t not"
1.-The answer to these problems he
knows now" according to the Duluth
Herald, which is "sure that no harsh
fate awaits a man who gave his whole
life in loving service The Birming
ham News likes to picture him work
ing in new gardens somewhere" for
it thinks cit would be a drab and
hopeless thing to say that Burbank
has quit gardening, or that newer
chances do not await him somewhere"
and the Ann Arbor Times News, in.
similar vein, says. Let us hope he is
living personality today in some
spiritual world. always lighted by the
sunshine of truth, as he remains a
personality In material world that is
illuminated from the same source"