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and weight, whether living or dead, at least, until 

 disintegration sets in. In brief, the living human body 

 has identically the same physical properties and char- 

 acteristics that an inanimate body would have, if the 

 latter were composed of the same chemical elements, 

 combined in the same proportions and mechanically 

 arranged in the same manner and kept at the same 

 temperature, as that of the human body ; and the body 

 merely has life, intellect, memory and will-power 

 added to its physical properties and characteristics. 



Nor do the atoms and cells, nor the organs and 

 parts, of which the body is composed, except the 

 brain, have any more intellect, memory and will- 

 power than so many grains of sand, or so many bricks. 

 For example : Every man knows that neither his 

 bones, muscles, arteries, veins, nerves, eye^ ears, nose, 

 arms, hands, legs, feet, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, 

 nor his kidneys have any intellectual powers what- 

 ever. 



Every man knows that the infant, at birth, has 

 no conscious intellect, memory, nor will-power. It 

 is, therefore, absurd to suppose that the embryo has 

 any power or ccntrol over its own development and 

 growth. It is equally clear that the mother has no 

 direct power nor control over its growth. 



So, every man knows that his I, ego, or self has 

 no power, nor any control over any part of his body 

 except his brain and voluntary muscles. For example, 

 no man can determine his complexion ; nor the color 

 of his hair; nor of his eyes; nor the length of his 

 nose, nor his feet ; nor the size of his head. These 

 facts prove, conclusively, that the Creator generates, 



