196 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



First Any animal is an individual, made up of still 

 smaller individuals we call cells. 



Second That the intelligence of any individual will 

 depend on the parties in charge and directing its actions. 



Third That the parties in charge and directing the ac- 

 tions of an animal are those cells set apart for that pur- 

 pose, which we call nervous system or nerve cells. 



Fourth That because the cells of the brain are in 

 touch with all the other cells of the body, does not make 

 them any more intelligent or different from the other 

 nerve cells or nerve centres which work under them or 

 work separately and not under them. 



Fifth That every nerve cell or nerve centre is a center 

 of conscious and intelligent direction and directs and 

 guides the actions of certain muscles or cells they have in 

 charge. 



Sixth Therefore, every cell is an intelligent individual, 

 capable of either receiving an order or executing an in- 

 telligent act, or of receiving and ordering another cell to 

 do and perform intelligent acts. 



Now it must be clear that every cell of the body is a 

 nerve cell, in so far as it has ability to receive information 

 together with those special qualities added which make 

 it a bone cell, liver cell, lung cell, muscle cell, kidney cell, 

 etc., as the case may be. That is, every cell must be an 

 intelligent individual, in order to be able to receive orders 

 and execute them. The cells of the liver, lungs, bones, 

 etc., have not only special work to do, such as would per- 

 tain to the special business or work they have in charge, 

 but they also have to receive instructions and orders and 

 perform the work they are told to do by the nerve cells. 



From a consideration of these facts, it is clear that 

 every cell of the body must be an intelligent being. The 

 nerve centres as directed by the higher centres in the 



