“The peanut wizard” is the moniker of George Washington Carver, an American agricultural chemist and inventor.
Carver planted peanuts as an alternative crop in soil that had been depleted of its nutrients because of the repeated planting of cotton plants. He researched it over and over again, and discovered three hundred products made from peanuts. This made the peanut one of the main crops in America.
One day, he received a letter along with a bag of peanuts that were severely disease-ridden. It said that he would be given a hundred dollars per month if he found the cause of the sickness and its remedy. After extensive research and study, he figured it out. Then he replied to the letter, saying that he could not accept any money, and he explained the reason as follows:
“God created the earth and allowed man to grow peanuts without any recompense. How could I expect recompense just because I discovered a cure for a disease?”