362 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



The legs of other animals are not provided with such 

 grasping apparatus and for that reason, even if they 

 should have conceived the idea of defending themselves 

 with a club, the idea could not have been executed. The 

 cell minds had produced these hands for the purpose of 

 grasping limbs of trees in order to escape from other 

 animals, but the hands of the ape and monkey tribe, or 

 tree climbers, turned out to be very handy instruments 

 with which to perform all kinds of work. Since the dis- 

 covery of the club one idea has led to another and count- 

 less inventions have been conceived by the mind of man, 

 leading up to such acts as sewing, weaving, writing, 

 painting, etc. We know that today all inventions and 

 discoveries must come about by reason of the idea first 

 conceived by the mind, and no actions of any kind 

 directed towards a purpose can take place unless first 

 conceived by the mind of someone. Therefore, it seems 

 clear that the cause of evolution, progress, and develop- 

 ment is intellect in the cells who are the real directors 

 of all acts, and not variation, environment, natural selec- 

 tion or survival of the fittest. These are mere phrases 

 and combinations of words describing mere incidents and 

 conditions that take place in the evolution of life. Take 

 for instance beneficial variations. It is claimed that there 

 are no two individuals just alike, that they all vary in 

 some respect; that the one that by chance happens to be 

 born with some variation that is beneficial to him will 

 win out in the struggle for existence and be able to per- 

 petuate his kind. Now this is generally true, but it is 

 simply an incident. It does not build the individuals that 

 do the struggling nor does it produce the variations. For 

 instance, the gorilla is provided with a callous covering 

 on the knuckles of his hands. It is argued that this cal- 

 lous covering is a beneficial variation to him because 



