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to do so. The cells build the wasp with his stinger, eyes 

 and limbs, with a purpose in view, just as we build a bat- 

 tleship with a purpose in view, and when we have it ready 

 we know how to use it. The actions of every wing, leg, 

 etc., of the wasp, are directed by cells in his body, who 

 have those specific actions in charge. So it is with our 

 actions, and so it is with the actions of the battleship. 

 The battleship can talk, just as we can, but the actions 

 of blowing the whistle and interpreting the meaning, must 

 be done by the individuals in charge. 



You can say that the battleship New York signalled the 

 battleship Minnesota to do this and to do that, and in a 

 certain sense it is true that the battleships as individuals 

 talk to each other and direct each other's actions. In a 

 similar manner, animals and man talk to each other and 

 direct each other's actions, but with man and animals as 

 well as with the battleships, it is the individuals in charge 

 that signal and talk and direct the actions. In man, ani- 

 mals, and plants, it is the cell that does the signalling, 

 talking and directing, while in the case of the battleships, 

 railroads, cities, states, and nations, the signalling, talk- 

 ing and directing is done by man. All the mysteries of 

 life become clear when we understand what it is. 



First we have the primordial cell, which at this time we 

 can hardly see with the most powerful microscope. These 

 have organized themselves together into a larger individ- 

 ual or colony, whose actions we can clearly see and which 

 we call a cell. These cells have again organized them- 

 selves into larger individuals or colonies which we call 

 animals and plants, depending on their method and place 

 in life. Then we have a certain species of these cell col- 

 onies or individuals we call men, organizing themselves 

 into individuals like battleships, cities, states and nations. 

 You will notice that one organization is based upon the 



