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them when found; and that after they reached the 

 fertilized ovum, which divides into two, four, eight, 

 sixteen or a million daughter-cells, these gemmules 

 would have great difficulty in finding the orbit where 

 the new eye is to grow; and that they were as apt to 

 land in the back, heel or toe of the embryo as in the 

 orbit. 



Besides, if there were any such thing as Darwin's 

 gemmules there would have to be at least one for each 

 coat, muscle, artery, vein, nerve and part of the eye; 

 and it would be impossible for them to arrange them- 

 selves in the proper order in the embryo eye. More- 

 over, there might be too many or too few gemmules ; 

 some of them might get lost and leave the embryo eye 

 without one or more of its coats or parts ; then the 

 gemmules from the father's eyes might clash with 

 those from the mother's. 



No other man has ever suggested any more plaus- 

 ible theory, than Darwin's "gemmules," of the man- 

 ner in which the organs and parts of the parents' 

 bodies may be supposed to modify and affect those of 

 the child. But this theory was rejected by every one, 

 but Darwin, as absurd and impossible. 



Every human being begins life as fertilized ovum, 

 in which there is no eye. No part of the eyes of the 

 father is transferred, bodily, to those of the child; 

 nor is any part of the eyes of the mother. Every 

 part of each eye must be made anew; each part must 

 have the proper structure, form, and size ; must be 

 adjusted to and correlated with every other; finally, 

 the several parts must be arranged in the proper order 



