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The mind which controls the actions of insects, ants 

 and animals, including man, is the mind of the cell. It is 

 this master mind that directs all living things, plants 

 or animals ; therefore, we find about the same degree of 

 intelligence in all these structures. If you place mustard 

 or acid on the thigh of a headless frog, it will scrape it off. 

 It will try with one foot first, and should that foot be re- 

 moved or hindered, it will attempt to scrape it off with 

 the other foot. This simply shows that the brain or head 

 is not necessary in order to give intelligent directions and 

 orders to the limbs, and that intelligence resides in every 

 cell. The digestive system, the circulatory system, the 

 respiratory system and the lymphatic system are all spe- 

 cial departments looked after in our bodies by cells, who 

 have each their special and specific work to do. All such 

 work requires the conscious intelligent directing of some 

 cell. The star-fish, for instance, has no brain, but his 

 acts are as intelligent as any other animal's, considering 

 his habitat, environment and place in life. In fact volun- 

 tary movements take place in plants and animals whether 

 there is any brain or not. It is very clear that no brain is 

 necessary. 



The cells, plants and animals, manage each their own 

 affairs, in spite of the interference of the elements. They 

 employ matter and force in building up their different 

 structures, and they control and direct the force and mat- 

 ter employed. They select some elements and reject 

 others ; they override and suppress some physical forces 

 and employ others, as circumstances require. A plant 

 will grow upward in spite of the force of gravitation, if 

 it is necessary that it get the aid of sunlight.. The forces 

 of attraction, repulsion, capillarity, adhesion, etc., are 

 taken advantage of and employed freely by cell, plant, 

 animal or man. The fossil remains of plants and animals, 



