Sec. 31. Heredity has no Power to Gen- 

 erate a New Human Being; nor to 

 Evolve One from the Germ-Cell 



Heredity is defined as: "The influence of par- 

 ents upon offspring ; transmission of qualities or char- 

 acteristics, mental or physical, from parents to off- 

 spring." (Cent. Die. 4, p. 2802.) 



Intellect, memory, will-power, force and motion 

 are necessary to group two or more atoms into a pre- 

 scribed chemical combination or into a specified me- 

 chanical arrangement. It is a well-know fact that 

 each normal human body is composed of the same 

 chemical elements ; has the same chemical combina- 

 tions and the same mechanical arrangements that are 

 found in every other such body. Therefore, we may 

 well say that the atoms and cells in the body are 

 grouped into prescribed chemical combinations and 

 into specified mechanical arrangements; and that in- 

 tellect, memory and will-power are necessary to make 

 these combinations and arrangements. 



It is also well known that every human being, 

 begins life as a germ-cell, stem-cell, or fertilized ovum, 

 all of these phrases meaning the same thing; that 

 every such body develops and grows anew for itself. 

 Each body is a new combination of the atoms and 

 cells, of which it is composed. The forces and mo- 

 tions, which assemble and group these atoms and cells 

 into the chemical combinations and mechanical ar- 



