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animals, plants and cells all show the same intellect in 

 their places in life. How could it be otherwise when we 

 consider the fact that man, animals and plants are also 

 cells? If the products and industry of man arise from 

 his desire and ideas, so must also the industry and prod- 

 ucts of the cell. Insects will build a nest of clay and 

 other material, lay their eggs in it and provide food for 

 the young, which they will never see. Insects will do all 

 these things without having had any previous instruc- 

 tions. The philosopher and thinker would observe these 

 marvelous actions and adaptations involving so many 

 different ideas, and he would say, how is it possible for 

 mere matter to pursue a purpose involving such com- 

 plicated plans and combinations of ideas? He would 

 say that the insect or matter of which it was composed 

 was in charge of or guided by a Divine Will or invisible 

 being or spirit. We find now that the thinker and ob- 

 server was correct. 



The insect was, in fact, built by, was in the charge of 

 and guided by an intelligent living being we call cell. 

 They were to us at that time invisible, so they were 

 correctly called Spiritual Beings. We see battleships 

 and submarines move about on the surface of the water 

 like ducks. They signal each other in like manner, and 

 from all appearances and from their actions an observer 

 and thinker would be compelled to say, looking at them 

 from a distance, that they were directed and guided by 

 spirits or some other intelligence. However, if he could 

 use field glasses or the telescope or could get nearer, so 

 as to be able to see the beings in charge of the boats, he 

 would discover the beings or animals in charge of the 

 battleships and these spirits would change into material 

 living beings and the mystery would be solved. Every 

 part of a body or plant reveals its use for instance, the 



