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certain female is the only right and proper thing to do? 

 These cells in control of the perpetuation of the race take 

 possession of the entire body and compel it to act in a cer- 

 tain way. They get control of the mind, that is of the 

 brain cells, and in that way get control of the entire body. 

 These actions of the sex cells or nerve centers of the 

 body, directing our actions, are called the mating instinct 

 or instinctive acts. There are a great number of these 

 nerve centers in the body, which give the body a large 

 number of instincts or instinctive actions. It is the same 

 in man as it is iii animals. They all have their instinctive 

 acts. These acts are performed with the will of the 

 brain cells, but the will does not originate in those cells. 

 At the very beginning of the construction of the human 

 individual, these cells are set apart and placed in charge 

 of the matter of the building of a new individual and the 

 perpetuation of the race. These cells are to attend to 

 nothing else. As an illustration take a submarine boat. 

 The submarine is an individual. We determine from the 

 actions of the submarine whether it is or is not an intelli- 

 gent individual or being. The submarine can only act 

 according to the will of the people in charge. The same 

 is true of man or an animal. It can only act as directed 

 by the beings in charge, which we call cells. The builders 

 of the submarine, if they should want the existence of it 

 perpetuated, would do the same thing as the builder of 

 the human being. They would leave the whole matter 

 to a special committee to take charge of that entire matter, 

 and to look after that and nothing else. This we find to 

 be exactly what takes place in man. The intelligence of 

 the boat or submarine is the combined intelligence of all 

 the individuals of which it is comprised and which have 

 it in charge. The same with the human being, animal or 

 plant. The intelligence of the plant or animal will be the 



