Ithinkitmustbeobvioustoeveryone, that, whetherweconsidertheinternalortheexternalinterestsofsociety, itisdesirabletheyshouldbeinthehandsofthosewhoareendowedwiththelargestshareofenergy, ofindustry, ofintellectualcapacity, oftenacityofpurpose, whiletheyarenotdevoidofsympathetichumanity; and, insofarasthestruggleforthemeansofenjoymenttendstoplacesuchmeninpossessionofwealthandinfluence, , aswehaveseen, hasnorealresemblancetothatwhichadaptslivingbeingstocurrentconditionsinthestateofnature; noranytotheartificialselectionofthehorticulturist.
Toreturn, oncemore, , thegardeningofmenbythemselvesispracticallyrestrictedtotheperformance,notofselection, butofthatotherfunctionofthegardener, thecreationofconditionsmorefavourablethanthoseofthestateofnature; totheendoffacilitatingthefreeexpansionoftheinnatefacultiesofthecitizen, ,bythesamemethodofobservation, experiment, andratiocination, asispractisedinotherkindsofscientificwork, ofthecourseofconductwhichwillbestconducetothatend.
