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# Luther Burbank

(1849–1926)   Horticulturist

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Luther Burbank was a horticulturist, best known for *Luther Burbank*.

## Quick Facts About Luther Burbank

Born March 7, 1849

Died April 11, 1926

Profession Horticulturist

Notable works Luther Burbank

## About Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank primarily worked with fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus and the plumcot.

##  Quotes by Luther Burbank · Page 2

> [Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/do-not-feed-children-on-maudlin-sentimentalism-or-dogmatic-religion-2/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/of-course-it-must-and-our-scientific-men-must-be-criticized-boldly/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-secret-of-improved-plant-breeding-apart-from-scientific-knowledge/)

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[Breeding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breeding/)

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> [Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/science-is-knowledge-arranged-and-classified-according-to-truth-facts/)

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> [Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/obsolete-misleading-theologies-bear-the-same-relation-to-the-essence/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/if-you-violate-nature-s-laws-you-are-your-own-prosecuting-attorney/)

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[Attorney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attorney/)

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> [Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/let-us-read-the-bible-without-the-ill-fitting-colored-spectacles-of/)

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[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-scientist-is-a-lover-of-truth-for-the-very-love-of-truth-itself/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [“The word 'religion' has acquired a very bad name among those who really love truth, justice, charity. It also exhales the musty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-word-religion-has-acquired-a-very-bad-name-among-those-who-really/)

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[Charity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charity/)

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> [Science, which is only another name for truth, now holds religious charlatans, self-deceivers and God agents in a certain degree of check--agents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/science-which-is-only-another-name-for-truth-now-holds-religious/)

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[Agents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agents/)

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> [“Listen patiently, quietly and reverently to the lessons, one by one, which Mother Nature has to teach, shedding light on that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/listen-patiently-quietly-and-reverently-to-the-lessons-one-by-one/)

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[Mother nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-nature/)

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> [Prayer may be elevating if combined with work, and they who labor with head, hands or feet have faith and are generally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/prayer-may-be-elevating-if-combined-with-work-and-they-who-labor-with/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/i-see-humanity-now-as-one-vast-plant-needing-for-its-highest/)

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[Environmental](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environmental/)

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> [Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/less-than-fifteen-per-cent-of-the-people-do-any-original-thinking-on/)

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> [Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/our-lives-as-we-lead-them-as-passed-on-to-others-whether-in-physical/)

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> [Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/science-has-opened-our-eyes-to-the-vastness-of-the-universe-and-given/)

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> [“I love humanity, which has been a constant delight to me during all my seventy-seven years of life; and I love flowers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/i-love-humanity-which-has-been-a-constant-delight-to-me-during-all-my/)

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[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [I have seen myself lose intolerance, narrowness, bigotry, complacence, pride and a whole bushel-basket of other intellectual vices through my contact with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/i-have-seen-myself-lose-intolerance-narrowness-bigotry-complacence/)

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[Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/)

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> [Several of my young acquaintances are in their graves who gave promise of making happy and useful citizens and there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/several-of-my-young-acquaintances-are-in-their-graves-who-gave/)

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[Acquaintance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquaintance/)

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> [The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-secret-of-improved-plant-breeding-apart-from-scientific-knowledge-2/)

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[Breeding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breeding/)

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> [A theory of personal resurrection or reincarnation of the individual is untenable when we but pause to consider the magnitude of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/a-theory-of-personal-resurrection-or-reincarnation-of-the-individual/)

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[Afterlife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afterlife/)

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> [“We must learn that any person who will not accept what he knows to be truth for the very love of truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/we-must-learn-that-any-person-who-will-not-accept-what-he-knows-to-be/)

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[Integrity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/integrity/)

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> [The theory of Reincarnation, which originated in India, has been welcomed in other countries. Without doubt, it is one of the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-theory-of-reincarnation-which-originated-in-india-has-been/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/if-the-creatures-with-fur-feathers-fins-are-our-brothers-in-a-lower/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/what-is-the-use-of-assuring-fundamentalists-that-science-is/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/flowers-always-make-people-better-happier-and-more-helpful-they-are/)

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[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

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> [The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-integrity-of-one-s-own-mind-is-of-infinitely-more-value-than/)

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[Adherence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adherence/)

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> [As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/as-a-scientist-i-can-not-help-feeling-that-all-religions-are-on-a/)

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[Burning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burning/)

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> [As a scientist I cannot help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired. As for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/as-a-scientist-i-cannot-help-feeling-that-all-religions-are-on-a-2/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [However, when it can be proved to me that there is immortality, that there is resurrection beyond the gates of death, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/however-when-it-can-be-proved-to-me-that-there-is-immortality-that/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“ Euripides long ago said, 'who dares not speak his free thought is a slave.' I nominated myself as an 'infidel' as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/euripides-long-ago-said-who-dares-not-speak-his-free-thought-is-a/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the raving of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-idea-that-a-good-god-would-send-people-to-a-burning-hell-is/)

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[Burning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burning/)

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> [All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, must be set aside, listening patiently, quietly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/all-scientists-have-found-that-preconceived-notions-dogmas-and-all/)

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> [Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/those-who-would-legislate-against-the-teaching-of-evolution-should/)

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> [The serenity produced by the contemplation and philosophy of nature is the only remedy for prejudice, superstition, and inordinate self-importance, teaching us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-serenity-produced-by-the-contemplation-and-philosophy-of-nature/)

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> [The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/the-idea-that-a-good-god-would-send-people-to-a-burning-hell-is-2/)

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> [Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/let-us-read-the-bible-without-the-ill-fitting-colored-spectacles-of-2/)

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> [Nature is not personal. She is the compound of all these processes which move through the universe to effect the results we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/nature-is-not-personal-she-is-the-compound-of-all-these-processes/)

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> [“I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/i-do-not-think-there-is-a-person-in-this-world-who-has-been-a-more/)

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[Admiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiration/)

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## Luther Burbank by topic

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