438 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



young. The young salmon is provided with food enough 

 to last him until he can get his swimming apparatus and 

 mouth ready, so as to be able to catch his own food. We 

 find the same thing to be true in the case of man ; the 

 germ cell is also provided with food to last about five 

 days or until it can be connected with the food supply 

 from the body and attended by the body cells. You see 

 in every place where you look into the actions and meth- 

 ods of the cells, whether in their stationary abodes, the 

 plants, or in their movable dwellings we call animals, the 

 same wisdom and foresight is displayed. Call it intelli- 

 gence or what' you will, it is the same as that of man. The 

 building of the animal body takes place in exactly the same 

 manner as the building of a large structure by man. Some 

 cells work at this and some at that ; some build the bones, 

 some the limbs and some the heart and arteries, etc. They 

 all work at the same time and in harmony with each 

 other; each crowd does its part, expecting every other 

 crowd to do its part too, so that when the structure is 

 completed, the whole will work harmoniously together as 

 one whole machine. They must understand each other 

 and what they are about ; and while the builders are rush- 

 ing the work, the body cells must do their part and fur- 

 nish the food and building material in abundance. When 

 the time conies that the new structure must be taken care 

 of in the outside world, the food is still furnished by the 

 cells on the inside, as they know best what he needs, and 

 the food is then supplied to the new structure at a differ- 

 ent and more convenient place outside. 



The plant furnishes every young plant or seed with 

 enough provisions to give it a start in life in just the same 

 manner as animals. Every kernel of grain is the cell pro- 

 vided with food to give it a start in life, and we crush 

 and eat both the cell and his food. It has been clearly 



