HEREDITY HAS NO POWER, ETC. 101 



any part of it, to impress, modify or affect the sperm- 

 atozoon, or any part of it, in such a manner as to 

 cause the child to resemble him in any particular; 

 nor has it been shown how it is possible for the moth- 

 er, her body or any part of it, to impress, modify 

 or affect the ovum, or any part of it, in such a man- 

 ner as to cause the child to resemble her. When we 

 consider the great number of spermatozoa and ova 

 that are produced ; their small sizes and short lives ; 

 their location in the genital organs; and the lack of 

 intellect, memory and will-power in every organ and 

 part of the bodies of the parents, and the fact that 

 the "gemmules' must reach the spermatozoon and 

 the ovum through the blood, we are compelled to be- 

 lieve that it is impossible for the spermatozoon and 

 ovum to transmit, unaided and alone, any quality, 

 characteristic or trait of a parent to the child ; and 

 we are forced to infer that the Creator, directly and 

 specially, endows the spermatozoon and ovum with 

 power to convey to the child such qualities, charac- 

 teristics, and traits of its parents as they do, in fact, 

 carry to it. 



Assuming for argument that certain qualities, 

 characteristics and traits of the father and mother 

 are transmitted to the child by and through the sperm- 

 atozoon and ovum ; this fact does not militate against 

 my theory of special Creation ; for it seems reasonable 

 to suppose that the spermatozoon and ovum are spe- 

 cially endowed by the Creator, with such powers and 

 potentialities as they possess. Moreover, the evolu- 

 tionist and materialist are in this attitude; they can- 

 not show how it is possible for the germ-cell (com- 



