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Burbank sends thanks for Phipps' letter of 9 Apr with the cheque for 1000 dollars. It is highly appreciated and will be used exactly as Phipps desires: for the protection of Burbank's valuable writings and papers. Burbank has known for a long time that some of his papers were unsafe. He has kept a few in a bank safe nearby, however, this only protected a small amount of them. Phipps' visit made a happy day for Burbank and has added many happy hours of memory since. He has feasted on the books and magazines, which feature important matters that may have passed him by. He has been sent Dr [Caleb Williams] Saleeby's book, EVOLUTION THE MASTER-KEY, by a friend and has partially read it. He is looking forward to the magazine article Phipps sent called the 'Origin of Life'. Burbank presently believes that life is being produced today in its lowest forms. New forms of life are developing all the time from 'lifeless material', as all life commenced in that way. The conditions are now very different from what they were but experiments for spontaneous generation of life have not yet disproved this possibility. He hopes that Phipps will visit during the summer and see the purpose to which his remittance has been placed. [See also letter at 201/472.] Page 1 of 1.