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Luther Burbank Quotes: If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
         

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.


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If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
         



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