270 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



frequently long before birth. These cells live a parasitic 

 existence in the body, which has produced them, and in 

 a certain sense can hardly be regarded as forming an in- 

 tegral part of it. They are certainly not necessary to 

 the individual, but they are necessary for the production 

 of new individuals and are thus essential to the race. 



"The body of the multicellular organism is practically 

 a colony of unicellular organisms living together and de- 

 pendent upon each other; and with certain limitations 

 this idea is sufficiently near the truth to be very helpful 

 in obtaining a proper idea of the nature of a multicellular 

 organism and of the transmission of character from par- 

 ents .to offspring. 



"We may for the sake of clearness divide the whole of 

 4ie living organisms into the two great groups the 

 unicellular, those in which an individual contains but 

 a single cell, and the multicellular those in which the 

 individual contains more than one cell. The vast ma- 

 jority of the unicellular organisms are invisible to the 

 naked eye, but nevertheless they perform the same func- 

 tion of digestion, secretion, excretion, etc., as the whole 

 body of a multicellular organism, which may be built up 

 of many millions of cells." 



You notice the fact that even before birth a certain 

 group of cells is set apart and a separate place is provided 

 for them in the body where they live only a parasitic life. 

 That is to say, they do absolutely nothing but study the 

 subject of how to make the next body and how to improve 

 it, if possible. These cells begin their training and edu- 

 cation the first thing, and occupy their mind with nothing 

 else. They are in continual mental touch with every 

 part of the body, and can send out messengers at any 

 time for information that they may want ; or they can 

 make personal excursions themselves by riding in the 



