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ment. The crust of the earth discloses to us a continuous 

 record of his progress since in the use of implements from 

 those made of wood, bone, clay, stone and bronze, up to 

 the steel and electricity of today. This natural progress 

 is called evolution, but you will notice that the cause of 

 discovery and invention by which evolution and progress 

 are possible must be through the intellect of someone. 

 The cause of the first act of discovering or x defending 

 himself with a club could not have been an accident or 

 chance. The cause was the intellect and mind of the in- 

 dividual who conceived the idea. The use of a club in 

 self-defense by primeval man in a fight with his enemies 

 required the same will and skill as is required by him 

 today in defending himself either with a club or with the 

 larger weapons. 



The club is a wonderfully effective weapon if skillfully 

 handled, as one blow on the head will put man, lion, bear 

 or tiger out of commission. However, it would have to 

 be used with speed and intelligence. The idea of how 

 and when and where to use it would have to be fully con- 

 ceived in the mind of the individual before any effective 

 use of it could be made. The primary cause of the act 

 was and must have been the idea or intellect. The next 

 thing necessary was the means with which to execute 

 the idea. This individual was happily in possession of the 

 means, the instruments with which to grasp and swing 

 the club. The hands of the ape family are wonderful 

 instruments for grasping and for that reason he was in 

 possession of the instruments with which to grasp and 

 handle a club. In his case all that was necessary was the 

 idea. As soon as the mind cells in his head conceived the 

 idea, it was then able to direct the actions of all the other 

 millions of muscle cells who would have to do the work 

 of using the club. 



