354 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



build it. The skilled engineer that is able to run and keep 

 his locomotive in proper repair is considered just as in- 

 telligent as the builder. His intellect must comprehend 

 and understand the relation of each part of the machine 

 to the whole. . A sure and certain proof that cells are 

 able to judge, remember, reason and direct, is that they 

 do so in our head. 



It is not the man who reasons, it is the cells occupied 

 with that business in his head. If a wound in the arm 

 destroys a main artery carrying blood to the hand, a new 

 artery will be constructed around the wound, of a suffi- 

 cient size to carry the necessary and usual amount of 

 blood to the hand. How can natural selection have any- 

 thing to do with these new actions? The ability to do 

 this requires the best skill and judgment. Who deter- 

 mines the circumference and size of that artery? In these 

 acts there must be some one who decided on what should 

 be done in each particular case. The power to do this 

 can be accounted for, by their general knowledge of arter- 

 ies gained from ages of experience, and also the experi- 

 ence had in the construction of the body to start with, 

 and in its maintenance. From this experience we must 

 presume they know how to make a new artery at any 

 time and in any place. The builders of any structure 

 would necessarily possess the knowledge of how to re- 

 pair any particular part of it. It would not be as good 

 as the original structure, and would not look as well, but 

 it might serve the purpose for which it was intended for 

 a long time. It is just the same with repaired organisms. 

 Nerves are strings or bundles of cells who have a certain 

 line of work to perform, in receiving impressions and 

 giving orders. By use they also become expert, as we see 

 in the nerve cells of the fingers of the blind, who can read 

 by feeling. In the same manner muscles are strings and 



