Luther Burbank citations

Luther Burbank est un horticulteur américain qui a développé plus de 800 nouvelles variétés de plantes dont la pomme de terre Russet Burbank, connue aussi sous le nom de pomme de terre de l'Idaho. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. mars 1849 – 11. avril 1926   •   Autres noms Лютер Бербанк
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Luther Burbank: Citations en anglais

“In child rearing environment is equally essential with heredity.”

p, 125
The Training of the Human Plant (1907)

“It is increasingly necessary to impress the fact that there are two distinct lines in the improvement of any race: the environment which brings individuals up to their best possibilities; the other, ten thousand times more important and effective, selection of the best individuals through a series of generations.”

Jordan's Commentary: These two lines correspond respectively to Galton's two elements in individual development, "Nurture" and "Nature."
How Plants are Trained to Work for Man (1921) Vol. 1 Plant Breeding

“Those who are making history seldom have time to record it.”

A Word to the Reader, (July 1, 1920) How Plants are Trained to Work for Man: Plant breeding (1921) Vol. 1. https://books.google.com/books?id=E0MyAQAAMAAJ