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bundles of cells that have only a special work to do and 

 by use they become expert and stronger. 



This ability to adapt itself to what is required in any 

 particular case that may arise, shows that there is some 

 being ready to do the right thing at the right time in any 

 and all emergencies. It has the ability to do a thing that 

 never was done before. I have an illustration of that now 

 on my farm. We have some Angora goats ; three of them 

 have walked on their knees for a couple of years. I ex- 

 amined their knees a few times and found that a callous 

 substance, just like hoofs, has formed on their knees. 

 They get diseased feet from walking on the soft wet 

 ground, and for that reason walk on their knees. In order 

 to continue walking on their knees, something must be 

 provided for the knees to prevent the wearing through 

 of the skin, flesh and knee cap. In order to prevent this, 

 hoofs are provided in a place where they never were be- 

 fore. In this case and all similar cases, there is no chance 

 for natural selection to get in its work nor have anything 

 to do with it. 



I can remember one of my tenants who had a pig one 

 summer with a broken back or paralyzed hind legs, who 

 propelled himself over the ground by dragging his body 

 by his fore legs. This pig developed wonderful power in 

 his limbs, and also developed a horny scale-like skin on 

 the center part of his ham where it was in continuous 

 rubbing contact with the earth, as it was dragged along. 

 He lived and grew just like the others. This power to 

 adjust itself to conditions is the power to change or con- 

 struct parts different from whatever had been before. 

 This shows clearly that the cells conceive ideas of what 

 should be done, and some ideas are better than others, 

 depending on what may happen to be required in the 



