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pens because certain similar cells in the bodies of the 

 father and mother were changed in the same manner. 

 He overlooks the fact that the cells, bones, etc., in 

 the embryo body are new and altogether different from 

 those which were metamorphosed in the bodies of its 

 parents and that the forces which did that work were 

 exhausted in doing it. He forgets or ignores the fact 

 that neither the germ-cell nor any of its daughter- 

 cells has any intellect, memory, will-power or creative 

 force; that they have no knowledge of chemistry, nor 

 of lime, phosphorus, carbon, oxygen, nor of their 

 affinities; nor of bones; nor of their forms, sizes and 

 functions. 



The differentiation and specialization (metamor- 

 phosis) of cells and tissues; and their mechanical ar- 

 rangement and grouping into the several organs and 

 parts of the embryo body are not the work of blind 

 mechanical forces ; nor of chance ; nor of accident ; nor 

 of unthinking cells ; but of the Almighty Creator. 



Sec. 28. Waste of Cells 



So soon as the embryo begins to grow, the waste 

 of cells begins ; and continues until the death of the 

 individual, however long he may live. "The knowl- 

 edge is wanting," says the Britannica, "which would 

 tell us, when a certain limit has been attained, the 

 process of income and expenditure balance and growth 

 ceases." (Encyc. Brit. 17, p. 686.) "During life," 

 says Professor Martin, all the formed elements of the 



