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even with the naked eye. The ova (eggs) of most 

 of the higher animals are about the same size. The 

 diameter of the ovum (egg) is almost always between 

 l/250th and l/125th of an inch. It has always the 

 same globular shape; the same characteristic mem- 

 brane; the same transparent germinal vesicle with 

 its dark germinal spot. 



"Even when we use the most powerful micro- 

 scope, ' ' he continues, ' ' with its highest power, we can 

 detect no material difference between the ova (eggs) 

 of man, the ape, dog, and so on. I do not mean to say 

 that there are no differences between the ova (eggs) 

 of these different mammals. On the contrary, we 

 are bound to assume that there are such [differences] 

 at least as regards chemical composition. Even the 

 ova (eggs) of different men must differ from each 

 other; otherwise we should not have a different in- 

 dividual from each ovum (egg). It is true that our 

 crude and imperfect apparatus cannot detect these 

 subtle individual differences which are probably in 

 the molecular (atomic) structure." (Evolution of 

 Man, chap. 6, p. 44.) 



Sec. 15. Spermatozoon and Ovum are 

 Special Creations 



Each human spermatozoon is formed in the geni- 

 tal organs of a particular man. So each human ovum 

 is formed in the genital organs of a particular woman. 

 Each of them is a new chemical combination, and a 

 new mechanical arrangement, of the atoms of carbon, 



