CONCLUSIONS 421 



We have also found that the cell uses the raw material 

 and natural forces to build and produce his structures, 

 fight his enemies and assist him in his struggle for exist- 

 ence, in precisely the same manner as plants, animals 

 and man do. This too, of course, is what we should ex- 

 pect to find, when we consider what the cell is and that 

 he is the one who made us and directs our actions. His 

 desires and needs must be, and are the same in one place 

 as in another. Life, we see, is produced by the activities 

 of the cell. 



Consider how the cells live a separate parasitic life in 

 the sex organs of plants and animals, taking no part in 

 the general work of the body. They live a college life, 

 taking a preparatory course, and in the meantime they are 

 fed and taken care of by the other cells of the body. The 

 cell performs all the work done in the body. The muscle 

 cells do the hard work of pulling. The gland cells pro- 

 duce the different kinds of secretions, like milk, tears, 

 oil, saliva, digestive juices, etc. The white cells, blood 

 cells, lymph cells bring and carry away material, and the 

 brain cells and nerve cells do the thinking and directing. 

 The intelligence in man, as well as in the cell, is neces- 

 sary to direct matter and natural forces. The whole 

 fabric of man's civilization, as well as that of the cell col- 

 onies we call plants and animals, would collapse if this 

 guiding intelligence was destroyed. 



We should also remember that the cell is a highly or- 

 ganized individual, having all the special organs required 

 to perform all the functions necessary to the life of plants 

 and animals, and having in addition other special organs, 

 the use of which is not yet understood by man. It is very 

 likely that the cell has some special sense organs which 

 give him a different and a superior intellect to our own. 

 This is evidenced by some animals, insects and birds 



