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only a lump of jelly about 1,000th of an inch in diameter 

 yet it is a complete animal for it moves, eats and grows 

 and produces other amoeba." Man is like an amoeba. 

 Each part of man's body is made of a multitude of living 

 beings, each of which eats and grows like an amoeba. 

 Each tiny being is called a cell. One collection of cells 

 form the skin, another the muscles of the arm and another 

 the stomach and so on through the body. Each collection 

 does its own work without interfering with the others. 

 The cells work together like a well trained army, so we 

 do not feel the workings of each separate cell. If a col- 

 lection is out of order the person is sick. 



"Relation of cells In the body formed by the cells 

 there exists a controlling spirit of life, whose nature is un- 

 known. When all the cells are obedient to its influence, 

 the body as a whole is alive, but if the cells are not obed- 

 ient, the body as a whole is dead, although each separate 

 cell may remain alive. For example, a blow upon the 

 head may disturb this controlling influence so that it 

 cannot tell the cells how to act. Then they instantly stop 

 work and the body drops dead. Yet each cell may remain 

 alive for minutes or hours just as each soldier may remain 

 alive after an army has been disbanded." This description 

 of the cell colony or individual we call man is very good, 

 as it illustrates its high state of organization. 



Before I close this chapter on structure, I must call at- 

 tention to one of the wonderful fly catching plants that 

 grows in the bogs and swamps of South Carolina. It is 

 called Venus Fly Trap. This plant, which has roots and 

 obtains nourishment from the ground and air like other 

 plants, can manufacture its own food from the earth, air 

 and water like other plants by the aid of sunlight and does 

 not need flies and insects for food. It catches insects as 

 a mere pastime, sport and luxury. The fly trap is the 



