14 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



the molecules and atoms of matter and direct thei 

 actions and motions in the same manner as we are able 

 to handle brick, stone, and larger particles of building 

 material. We will see later that these primordial cells 

 possess intelligence ; at least, their actions in the cell so 

 indicate. You see, we are getting down to the question : 

 Does intelligence exist in the atoms and molecules of mat- 

 ter or is it a separate thing from matter existing in the 

 universe? Is it invisible force separate from matter sim- 

 ilar to the force of electricity or magnetism? These are 

 questions to be settled by the scientists in the future. The 

 only purpose of this book is to show that the cause of 

 plants and animals, as we see them, is intelligence in the 

 cell. He is the being who does the work of building and 

 constructing all these living things, and he is able to do so 

 by reason of the fact that he is an intelligent being like 

 ourselves. We are quite conscious that there is a very 

 great deal concerning which we know little or nothing. 

 For instance we have practically no idea of the nature 

 of either gravitation or electricity. We realize that we 

 have yet much to learn. We do know that such things 

 as gravitation, intelligence and electricity exist. 



Memory is the power to receive impressions of things, 

 keep them for a long time and reproduce them when 

 needed. We know this faculty of memory to be the base 

 on which our intelligence rests. Without this power to 

 remember and compare experiences, we could form no 

 ideas or judgments. We would be unable to do anything 

 based on past experience ; in fact, there cannot be any 

 intellect or mind without memory. By reason of this 

 power the cells can remember just how the structures 

 were made from which they came, and how they acted 

 while a part of such structures. The cells build the new 

 structures, such as plants and animals, as like as they can 



