212 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



"In a community the complete function of life is sub- 

 divided. Some individuals perform one kind of labor 

 while other special duties are assumed by individuals who 

 have especially adapted themselves to the requirements of 

 the specific labor function. For instance, there are those 

 who are engaged in banking, while others are engaged in 

 the transportation of matter from one community to an- 

 other ; there are men who make storage their business and 

 life function, while some raise cattle and thus provide the 

 meat for the rest of the individuals. Then there are the 

 doctors, the lawyers, and the many specialists who per- 

 form peculiar labors which are essential to the happiness 

 and success of the community, and from this collection of 

 individuals are chosen men who pass the laws and govern 

 the citizens. 



"Identically this same organization and specialization 

 of the units prevails in the body. All cells have developed, 

 to an unusually high degree, some special characteristic 

 under the influence of conscious energy, so as to perform 

 a special labor in the body for the benefit of the commun- 

 ity cells, in return for which they are supplied with the 

 necessaries of life just as the farmer has his clothes made 

 by another, his coal dug by still another and his imple- 

 ments manufactured by those who have specialized in 

 these matters and who, in turn, receive the benefit of the 

 farmer's labor. 



"As I said before, in the body as well as in the civilized 

 state, community or city, there is co-operation, organiza- 

 tion and specialization of the individuals. There are the 

 liver cells, muscle cells, kidney cells, bone cells, digestive- 

 system cells, nerve cells, and many other cells of which 

 all of the organs and tissues are composed. Thus it is 

 clearly seen that the entire community of cells, or the 

 body, through all of its organs, performs the labor neces- 



