26 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



We must stop now and then before the unknown. The 

 more we become acquainted with this wonderful being 

 we call cell, the more we see our ignorance of the depths 

 of his real existence. Only a few years ago we knew very 

 little about the life of the cell. Today we understand him 

 a little better. Every day questions are put to the cell 

 and some of the replies, though vague, reveal an unex- 

 pected purpose and intelligence in his actions. 



I have stated enough to indicate the general purpose of 

 this book and what I intend to prove by it, and shall now 

 begin the argument by first considering what life really 

 is as nearly as we can determine from all experiments 

 made along that line up to the present time. 



