12 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



able to direct the blind forces and crude matter to their 

 own purpose and use. It may be said that even if it be 

 proven that the cause of evolution, heredity and instinc- 

 tive action is the result of the acts of the cell and that 

 his acts are guided by intelligence, can you explain what 

 intelligence is? That question may not be satisfactorily 

 explained at this time ; however, we all can form a fairly 

 good idea of what it is from our own experience. After 

 we have fully proven that it is by reason of his intelli- 

 gence that the cell is able from memory and experience 

 to build the different structures we call animals and 

 plants, then we can begin to push further investigations 

 to discover, if possible, the deeper secrets of the inner 

 life of the cell. 



It is a rule of science and philosophy that we should 

 investigate a proposition as far as we can and when we 

 can go no further to stop and admit it. No one will deny 

 that there is such a force as electricity. We can see and 

 feel its effects, but as yet no one is able to say just what 

 it is although some very good theories have recently 

 been advanced. It is the same with this property we call 

 intelligence, that guides us in life. We know about what 

 it is by the way it guides our actions. It is enough to 

 know for the purpose of this discussion, that it does 

 exist. 



There are two main theories by which the growth and 

 development of plants and animals in life are explained : 

 First, chemical and mechanical forces; second, Intelli- 

 gence or a Divine Being. However, so far no one has 

 yet ventured the proposition or statement that the in- 

 telligence that has caused the production of all these 

 structures we see, such as plants and animals, was the 

 property of the cell. Some call it God's will in the uni- 

 verse or Divine Wisdom. Some call it intelligent force 



