George Washington Carver

Scientist

1864-01-10 – 1943-01-05

George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and educator associated with Tuskegee Institute. He promoted crop rotation and alternative crops such as peanuts and sweet potatoes to restore depleted soils. His practical agricultural bulletins influenced farming across the American South.

Books by George Washington Carver

How to make sweet potato flour, starch, sugar, bread and mock cocoanut
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How to make and save money on the farm
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When, what, and how to can and preserve fruits and vegetables in the home
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Quotes by George Washington Carver

How do I talk to the flower?Through it I walk to the Infinite.And what is the infinite?It is that silent, small force. It isn't the outer physical contact. No, it isn't that. The infinite is not confirmed in the visible world.It is not in the earthquake, the wind or the fire. It is that still small voice that calls up the fairies. Yet when you look out upon God's beautiful world- there it is. When you look onto the heart of a rose there you experience it- but you can't explain it. There are certain things, often very little things, like the peanut, the little piece of clay, the little flower that cause you to look within-and then you see the soul of things.
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Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
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How do I talk to the flower?Through it I walk to the Infinite.And what is the infinite?It is that silent, small force. It isn't the outer physical contact. No, it isn't that. The infinite is not confirmed in the visible world.It is not in the earthquake, the wind or the fire. It is that still small voice that calls up the fairies. Yet when you look out upon God's beautiful world- there it is. When you look onto the heart of a rose there you experience it- but you can't explain it. There are certain things, often very little things, like the peanut, the little piece of clay, the little flower that cause you to look within-and then you see the soul of things.
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Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
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No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless. Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His secrets.
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I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
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Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.
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Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum.
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Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
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God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, my friend, when doubts creep in. That is old Satan. Pray, pray, pray.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
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Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?' The Great Creator answered, 'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask for something more your size, little man.'
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If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.
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Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.
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