28 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



cell. In our question as to what life really is, we can only 

 pursue our investigation by demonstrating what life is 

 not. We can show, I believe, that life is not any of the 

 forces of nature with which we are now acquainted, ex- 

 cept the force that we call intelligence. Considering the 

 fact that the cell is the builder of all things we see on 

 this planet that have what we call life, or exhibit that 

 phenomenon we can do nothing except to go into a de- 

 tailed investigation of the actions of that individual as 

 compared with the actions of matter. We have seen from 

 our physiology that the cell is either a one cell organism 

 living a single separate life for himself only, or a colony 

 of millions or more cells living together and all working 

 together for the good of the whole community, as we find 

 the case to be in a plant or animal. For that reason they 

 have been divided into unicellular and multicellular. In 

 this discussion of what life really is, we can do no more 

 than compare the actions of these microscopic animals 

 with the actions of matter, as they are affected by the 

 forces of nature, known to us as gravitation, electricity, 

 chemical force or affinity, light, heat, cold, wind, water, 

 etc. I think we shall find that these forces will, that is to 

 say, they will affect the cell in the same manner that they 

 would affect us if we were similarly situated. 



We shall try to see if possible if the phenomenon of life 

 is any one, some or all of these forces. We shall begin 

 with the force known as light. Light is the waves of a 

 medium which occupies all space in the universe and is 

 known as ether. Light is known as ether waves. It has 

 been demonstrated lately that these waves are different, 

 just as are the waves of the sea, and according to their 

 size they produce different effects. Some produce heat, 

 some light, and some electric effects. Ether waves may 

 be polarized, reflected, absorbed and refracted. We do 



