40 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



different kinds of work, just as a preacher looks different 

 from a blacksmith, but otherwise they are just alike in 

 general construction. All the different kinds of cells such 

 as muscle cells, blood cells and bone cells came originally 

 from one single cell. From this fact, it seems to me that 

 no reason can be given why one cell is not as intelligent 

 as the other. 



Our intelligence is altogether based on our faculty of 

 memory. Without it we could keep no record of our ex- 

 periences. Without experiences to refer to we could form 

 no judgments. From the experiences stored up in our 

 memory we form judgments and ideas which guide our 

 actions. Based upon this faculty of memory, intelligence 

 is possible and from it all intelligent acts proceed. This 

 power of the cells in our brain to receive and store away 

 information and experience we shall see later is not only 

 a property of the brain cells but of all the cells of the body. 

 Memory is a peculiar thing. In old age we remember the 

 things of childhood the longest. Sickness weakens the 

 memory. Repeating an experience strengthens it. Drugs, 

 fevers and excitement bring back to memory things long 

 ago forgotten. However, upon this power of memory 

 possessed by the cells all intelligence is based. Upon this 

 power, we shall see, inheritance, instinct and reflex action 

 are based. 



Some go as far as to claim that matter acts as if pos- 

 sessed of intelligence and a will. For instance, if we drop 

 a crystal of salt in water, the salt will disappear, the 

 atoms of salt will move around in the water in perfect 

 freedom. If the water is evaporated the stoms of salt will 

 again come together as if they possessed a will to do this. 

 You will notice, however, that this is a will that follows 

 a fixed law. We can say the same of a falling stone. It 

 always tries to go back to the earth. We find the same 



