Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
T R A I N I NG O F TH E
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AN D T O T H E
U NT O LD , ILLI O N S
U N D E R O T H E R S, I E S
TH E T R A I N I N G OF
H U , A N P , AN T
TH E T R A I NI N G O F TH E
H U , A N P , A NT
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TH E MI N GLI N G O F RA CES
R I N G the course of many years of
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T R A I NI N G OF T HE H U M A N PL A N T
r ated geographically as w ell a s ethn o
,
an d o t h er A ustria sav e
P ol an d
, el gium
D enmar k
F ran c e
G erman y
,,ree c e
I ta ly
N et h er l an d s
N o rwa y
P ol an d
R umania
R ussi a
Sp ain
S we d en
S wi t z er l an d
C arrie d f o r war d
TH E MI NGLI NG O F RAC E S
, r o ugh t f o r war d
T ur k ey in E ur op e
E ng l an d
I re l an d 42
Sco tl an d
W a l es
E ur op e n o t s p e c i fie d 1 43
To ta l E ur op e
, ritis h N o rt h A meri c a
, e x i co
C entra l A meri c a 714
W est I n d ies an d , igue lo n
So ut h A meri c a
To tal A meri c a
C hi na
O th er A sia
To ta l A si a
To ta l O c eania
To ta l A f ri c a
A ll o t h er co untries
To tal I mmigrants 7
I n cl u d es S ervia , ul garia an d , o ntenegr o
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T RAI NI N G O F T HE HUMAN PLAN T
St u dy th i s l i st from any point of
V i ew
. Wher e has there been found a
broad e r opportunity for the work i ng
out of these underlying pri nciples ,
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largely lost virility and j ust as he
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUM A N PLAN T
wi th th e luxurious ease lov in g more
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vic i ous.
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II
TH E T E A C HING S OF N A T URE
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T R A I NI NG OF T HE HUMAN PL A N T
many peoples that make up this nation
w i ll show in the com p osite : the finish e d
product w i ll be the race of the fut u re .
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T RAI NI N G OF T HE HUMAN PL A N T
A ll an i mal l i fe i s sensit i ve to enviro n
m e nt but of all living things the child is
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perman en t .
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A s t h e b eginning gi v es a b ias t o t h e wh ol e
a f ter d ev elop ment s o t h e ear l y b eginnings o f
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III
DI FF E RE N T IAT I O N I N TR AI N I N G
W I S H to lay special stress upon the
absurdity not to call it by a harsher
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T R A I NI N G O F T HE H U M A N PL A N T
foot boy with all that i mplies for physi
cal stamina but should have him reared
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D I FF E R E N T IA T I O N IN T RAI NI N G
tality but abidin g love that which out
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,E H O N E ST W IT H TH E C H ILD
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D I F F E R E NT IA T I O N IN T R AI N I N G
H ere let me say that the wave of
public dishonesty which seems to be
sweeping up over this country is chiefly
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due to a lack of proper trainin g breed
ing if you will — in the formative years
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T RA I T S IN P LA N T S AN D , OY S
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D I FF E R E N T IA T I O N IN T R AI N I NG
man was ever a grafter M ake the boy
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it this is what fixes traits in plants the
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, E E P OU T F E AR
AN D , ag a i n keep fe ar out th at th e ch i ld
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IV
S UN S HI NE G OO D AI R AND
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N O URI S HI N G FOO D
cannot carry a gre at plan t
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i ng food .
SU N S H I N E
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figurative sense sunshine Surround .
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S U NS H I NE
I do not mean t o pamper th e m t o m ak e ,
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUMAN PLAN T
m en dons p robl e ms of e nv i ro n me n tal
surroundings and having no c on c ep
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F RE S H AI R
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T R A I NI N G OF T HE HUMAN PLAN T
n eeded fresh p ur e a i r Th e i nj ury
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A n d the atmosphere mu st be pu re
a ro un d it in the other sense It mus t .
N O U R I SH I N G F OOD
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TH E N E R V O U S S Y STE M
what is life worth , S u ppose you b e gin
th e education so call e d of you r child
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T R A I NI NG OF T HE HUMAN PL A N T
first ten precious years of his life had
fitted him for the future N othing else .
N E I T H E R P LA N T N OR C H ILD TO ,E
OVE RF E D
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a plant especially an unbalanced ration
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O V E R F E E DI NG
becom e s e n gorged F ollowing this
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUMAN PLAN T
ris e to its full powers and accompl i sh i ts
destiny that the people who compri se
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P R O P E R N O UR I S HM E N T
farms the cattl e ran ge s I would so
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T R A I NI N G O F TH E HUM A N PLAN T
b oy and g i rl bo rn i n the Un ited States
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fo r ourselve s .
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DANG E R S
th e m if you will much as we cultivate
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to the stat e .
E N V IRO N , E NT
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T RAI NI N G OF T H E HUM A N PLAN T
s i rable trait i rrevocably P ick out any.
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of the abn o rmal later b e it honesty ,
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUMAN PLAN T
fire sweep through the tall grass across
a plain N othing can stand before it
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TH E A , N O R , AL
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUM A N PLAN T
acids great h e at electri city m ech ani
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TH E P H Y S I C ALLY W E A,
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DAN GE R S
sci e nt i sts leaders of thought i n ev e ry
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TH E , E N T ALLY DE F E C T IVE
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DANG E R S
a s in the case of plants constant cul t i
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MARRIAG E OF TH E PH Y S I C ALLY UN F I T
T would i f possible be best ab so
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TEN G E N E R AT I O N S
as th e appl i catio n of the p ri nciples I
have b e en speaking of are concern e d ,
TH E PE R SO N AL E LE , E NT
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habits habits which have been i ntensi
fi ed and have been g rowin g stronger
and stronger upon it by repetition
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P E R S O N AL E L E M E N T
through thousands and thousands of
years R emember that this plant has
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T R A I NI NG O F T HE H U MAN PL A N T
chan g e in i ts life The n whe n the bre ak
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com es fix i t by th es e generatio n s of p a
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tena c i ous w i ll br ok en an d ch an g e d at
l as t
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H E RE DI TY PRE D E ST I N AT I ON
TR AI N I N G
H E RE i s no such th i ng in th e world ,
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as a pr edestined child predestined fo r
heaven or hell M en have taught such
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nev e r e xi s t ed i n a human be in g ne ve r
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c an ex ist i n o ne a n y more th a n i t c an ex
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T R A I NI N G O F T HE HUM A N PL A N T
i s t i n a plant H ered i ty means much
.
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H E R E DI T Y
cr0 ps ou t in a person it might appear ,
sul t s wi ll b e .
th e cultivatio n of a ch i ld I f it b e .
w orth wh i l e t o s pe n d t e n ye ar s upo n th e
e nnobl e m en t of a p lant be i t fru i t tree , , ,
o r flowe r i s i t n o t worth wh i le to s p e nd
,
I may o n ly refer t o th at m ys te ri o u s
prenat al p e ri od and say that e ven her e
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T RAI NI NG
Man has by n o m eans r e ach e d th e ul
ti mate The fittest has not yet a rrived
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S ta t i st i cs show m any th in g s t o m ak e
us pa us e but after all the only ri gh t
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yo u h av e a n ation in wh i ch ther e i s n o
vari ati on ther e i s com p arative ly l i ttl e
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c an o f th e future .
V II I
GR O W T H
ROW TH is a v ita l pr oc ess —an ev o
l u t io n — a m a r s h a l i ng of vagr ant
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GR O W T H
g rowt h in some direction The e nd of
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NE W P C IE S
S E
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T R A I NI N G OF T HE HUMAN PL A N T
the s e frail life str e ams i n th e lo n g
race down the ages we re snu f fe d ou t by
u n favorable surroun dings unf avorable
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EN V I R O N , E NT TH E A RC H I T E CT OF
H ERE DI TY
n ot necessarily at onc e i n a dy
n am ic or v i sible form but as an in cr eas
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in bred o r fi xe d as we call i t
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i nt en s i ty an d the number of t im es th e
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E N V I R O N M E NT
plate has been exposed to the Obj ects
,environments , in the same relative p o
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T RAI NI N G OF T H E HUM A N PL A N T
RE P E T I T I O N
them .
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E N V I R O NM E N T
A PP LI C AT I O N TO C H ILD LI F E
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T RAI NI NG O F T H E H U MAN PLAN T
n ot as y et by any means b een put to it s
bes t possible u s e i n child culture —eithe r
in the home or th e s chool —and though
all must adm i re o ur gre at educ at i o n al
system , no we ll i nformed p erson
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CH A RAC TE R
SU CC E S S
to d est ructio n .
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C H A R A C TE R
E v e ry child should hav e m u d pie s ,
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T RAI NI NG OF T H E HUMAN PL A N T
g i v e the child po i nted lessons in punc
t uatio n a s well as caution and s ome of
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N O W LE D GE is P ower but i t r e
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r ic a l
, wordy memorizing compiling
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a c ter s .
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T R A I N I N G OF T HE H U M A N PL A N T
ti al l ine of hu m an prog ress a n d we lf a r e
we r ec ei v e th e b en efit of st ro n g mag
neti c i nduct i o n curr e n t s But by plac
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a n d support wh i ch should be ou rs .
l i fe develop a p re s sur e of s te a m wh i ch ,
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sake this poetic i dealism this intui ,
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within has been awakened and culti
va t ed th o u gh t s live and are transmitted
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w e beco m e s t ro n g in in d i v i du al though t
an d quick in a ction n o t cro pp ed , ,
com pi l at i o n m e thod i s b e yo n d r e
p roach ; i n te llectually we may k n o w
m an y th i ngs but they w i ll never b e of
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