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bottom of the pond, where it fastens itself again with 

 roots. Consider the elaborate machinery used in these 

 operations and the skill required to operate it. The 

 plant roots and uproots itself at pleasure ; it makes a gas 

 with which to raise itself to the surface just when re- 

 quired. The individuals who build and operate this plant 

 must necessarily understand and have as complete a 

 knowledge of hydrostatics and mechanical designs as the 

 builders and operators of our submarines. The ability to 

 make, keep and release certain gases at just the right time 

 so as to cause the plant to float or sink as required, shows 

 precisely the same skill in this plant building cell as in 

 man. Before it is ready it is anchored by its roots to the 

 bottom ; as soon as it is ready to float, they cut the roots 

 and release themselves. In what manner do these var- 

 ious actions differ from those of man with his air ships 

 and submarines? 



Every flower has some peculiar scheme of its own to 

 compel insects to brush up against the pollen and carry 

 it on their backs or in some other manner around to other 

 plants. It would require volumes to describe all the dif- 

 ferent schemes and ingenuity displayed by plants to 

 cause dispersal of their young. The more you examine 

 into their methods, schemes and inventions, especially 

 those of vegetable life, the more sure and certain you 

 become of the fact that the cells who build plants and 

 animals and those cells that resemble these in size are all 

 possessed of the same degree of intelligence. They all 

 display the same conscious wisdom, foresight and inven- 

 tive genius in their place in life as man does in his. The 

 male salmon after having fought with other males and 

 obtained possession of the female scoops out a hole in the 

 sand where the female lays her eggs, and then he covers 

 the nest again with sand to prevent anything eating his 



