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436 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



long as man, and when a great number of larger, and 

 what we consider more intelligent individuals or cell col- 

 onies are no more. The cells that made and guide the 

 beetle can clearly remember from their former experience 

 in the parent beetle where buds could be found in the early 

 spring, and so they guide him directly to the place in the 

 top of the tree. In precisely the same manner would an 

 experienced captain of the submarine or ship guide his 

 structure directly to the proper place, by reason of his 

 knowledge and past experiences. There can be no mys- 

 tery, instinct or heliotropism about it. 



The plant called the Venus fly trap with its actions so 

 similar to man's in making traps and catching flies, is a 

 very good illustration of design, intellect and foresight 

 by plant building cells. Still it is no better illustration 

 than many others are except that the actions of this plant 

 resemble so closely those of man. Take for instance the 

 fly traps made by the plant called the Darlingtonia. This 

 trap is a hood or box into which the insect is decoyed, 

 and the hood or box has transparent patches just like 

 glass, which lead the insect to think that they are open- 

 ings, and the insect attempts to escape through these win- 

 dows just as a fly attempts to escape through a pane of 

 glass. We could make very effective fly traps in the same 

 way, in fact, we use some now made on the same plan. 

 The mind required to conceive, invent, and construct 

 these traps with these window lights for the purpose of 

 fooling the insects and in that way capturing them for 

 food is in no manner different from our own. 



A plant called utricularia growing in the bottom of 

 ponds can uproot itself and can produce a gas, by means 

 of which like a balloon it can come to the surface and 

 flower. As soon as it is through flowering, it again be- 

 comes heavy by releasing its gases and settles to the 



