"My life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is a privilege to do for it whatsoever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment; and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
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Elizabeth Scholtz
Elizabeth Scholtz (April 29, 1922 - April 22, 2020) was an American plantswoman and director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden from 1972 to 1980.
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