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actions of man, now taking place in this war? Man acts 

 for an end, so do animals. However, we must not forget 

 that the real actors are the cells, in the same manner that 

 the real actors in the submarine are the men inside. 



When we see a man building a house, painting a pic- 

 ture, or digging a ditch we know that the man is working 

 with a desire, an idea or purpose. We can not read the 

 internal actions of his mind but we know from our ex- 

 perience what the facts are, from our own mind. It is 

 not even necessary to see the man do the work. The 

 work itself is proof positive of an idea or purpose. 



It must be admitted that every work or product based 

 upon an idea or purpose can be caused only by intelligence 

 and not by chance. The actions of man and animals are 

 for a purpose. When the' cell in his single state makes his 

 dart with which to kill other cells, it is clear that he is 

 working with an idea or purpose. When he shoots his 

 dart at another cell, he clearly does so with a purpose 

 and with an idea that he is going to kill and have some- 

 thing to eat. We see in cells of both animals and man, 

 actions identical. They are all the same kind, and for a 

 purpose. I shall have to describe all these different 

 things, so the reader can determine for himself. 



I am here to defend the cell, to show that he is pos- 

 sessed of judgment and understanding, that he does 

 nothing blindly. His existence still with us as a single 

 cell is proof certain that he has a mind possessed of 

 extraordinary resources, to be able to combat cold, hun- 

 ger, death and all the elements and enemies of living 

 matter, or else he would not be in existence today. 



Our limited intellect is not a competent tribunal to 

 pass judgment on the cell and his actions, on one who 

 has produced all the wonderful structures that have ex- 

 isted in the past history of our planet. His works in the 



