174 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



the outside world, and have nothing to do with the think- 

 ing or reasoning, which will be necessary to intelligently 

 direct the actions of the other organs of the body to move 

 to a place of safety. 



We see them in every organized body or being, like ani- 

 mals (and we shall see later also in plants), where there 

 has been a division of labor and a special organ arranged 

 for receiving and transmitting sensations or information, 

 that the bunch of cells which have any special work in 

 charge, like the cells which make up the eye and ear. have 

 nothing to do but receive and transmit impressions. 



The thinking and directing is done by another bunch of 

 cells which we call the brain. The two things are neces- 

 sary in an intelligent animal, the brain and the senses, 

 that is, the thinkers or the brain cells, and the senses or 

 the cells engaged in, or in charge of the instruments for 

 receiving and transmitting information regarding condi- 

 tions existing in the world outside of the body. 



There must always be the thinkers and the transmitters 

 of information to the thinkers. We shall see, however, 

 later, that the individuals who have charge of the receiv- 

 ing and transmitting of information are and must neces- 

 sarily be intelligent beings as well as thinkers. It re- 

 quires intelligence to execute orders received as well as 

 to give the orders. 



It is a peculiar trait of the human being to consider 

 every one who does not agree with him in his ideas of 

 any civil, political or religious belief, foolish, ignorant and 

 not intelligent. We look upon the savage as being infe- 

 rior to us in mental capacity, when in fact investigations 

 lately have disclosed the fact that he is just as intelligent 

 in his occupation as any civilized man. I quote from the 

 Scientific Journal the following: 



"Civilized man has so long scorned the savage races as 



