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grows in the same manner that the bodies of its par- 

 ents grew, and as every other normal body grows, is 

 conclusive evidence that the development and growth 

 of each human body is caused, guided and controlled 

 by an extraneous supernatural psychic and creative 

 force, which is ubiquitous, all over the earth. No 

 other hypothesis can explain the uniform mode of 

 development and growth, which we observe, among 

 all the mammals in every age and country. 



The fact that the child resembles its father or 

 mother, or both of them, is strong evidence that the 

 same creative force made all three of them. We can- 

 not believe that the blind, unthinking cells, which 

 build up the body of the child, automatically, group 

 themselves in such a manner as to make the child in 

 the image of the father or mother. 



Everyone knows that each human body is built 

 of atoms and cells, which are assembled and grouped 

 into certain chemical combinations and mechanical 

 arrangements by force and motion, and that there can- 

 not be any such thing as force and motion without, at 

 least two physical bodies, the one to transmit the force 

 and the other to move. The word, "heredity,' does 

 not denote a physical body nor a physical force. It 

 is a mere name for a group of vital phenomena. How 

 could heredity bring two or more atoms or cells to- 

 gether? Such a suggestion is too absurd even for the 

 imagination. 



Perhaps the orthodox churchman would main- 

 tain that the Creator endowed Adam's genital organs 

 with the power to generate spermatozoa; and also 

 endowed those of Eve with the power to produce ova; 



