Luther Burbank (1849–1926) American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science
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“One crosses the brink of literalness into poetry by desiring, noticing, fixing on something and wondering what to make of it.”
Review of 'Stanley Cavell and the Claim to Reason' Critical Inquiry, vol 6, no 4 Summer 1980 U of C P
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