Re: Not called to the vocation [Was: walter, don't you think it's time we talked?]

How soon they forget the contributions of George Washington Carver.


Phred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Cereoid-UR12-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >Go ahead and name five "black" botanists, Iris.
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> This reminds me of the several months I spent in the States nearly 30
> years ago.  Towards the end of that "study tour", I finally met a
> black American agronomist at the Univ. of Florida.  He reckoned not
> many of his background were drawn to a professional career in
> agriculture, having spent too much effort picking cotton in previous
> generations.
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> Cheers, Phred.
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