432 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE Or EVOLUTION 



for the infant. Why is it always produced at the right 

 time and always when needed? The sense organs in the 

 same way are prepared and ready in advance, before used, 

 and are made for a purpose ; they are not chance produc- 

 tions, but are in every way similar to the intelligent pur- 

 posive acts of man. The fly-traps of plants and the elec- 

 tric organs in fishes are in the same manner made for a 

 use and purpose, in accordance with the ideas in the 

 minds of the makers. Not only do we find organs made 

 for a specific use but we also find that they are in charge 

 of beings that know how to use them. 



Plants hibernate in the winter, just as many of the ani- 

 mals do. The cells of the plant build the leaves whereby 

 they are able to get in touch with the sunlight and make 

 their food and other material in the summer ; when fall 

 comes they go back into the tree and sever the leaves 

 from the tree. The twining plants produce first grasping 

 tackle they call tendrils ; the plant then moves its head 

 in a circle, feeling in that way for quite a distance around 

 itself for something to grasp. The builders make first an 

 apparatus with which to fasten their structure onto other 

 objects. They know what they intend to do and at the 

 first opportunity they do it. The plant cells show also 

 great intelligence and skill in producing brilliant colors 

 and sweet perfumes, to lure insects and compel them to 

 serve them in numerous ways. 



The limited ability of the human mind to comprehend 

 things, and its liability to misunderstand things. even 

 of the minds of those who should be the most likely to 

 see things in the right light, are clearly shown by Mr. 

 Loeb of the Rockefeller Institute in his description and 

 interpretation of the actions of the young beetle, which 

 came out of the ground in the spring hungry and knew 

 how and where to find something to eat; without any pre- 



