CONCLUSIONS 447 



and machines ; whatever is found to be of no use or ser- 

 vice would be abandoned and discarded as useless. The 

 light does not produce eyes nor does the vibration of the 

 air produce ears. The cell wherever you find him shows 

 by his actions the same intention and purpose as man. 

 In every place, the actions are intelligent and voluntary. 

 The amoeba, the single cell, which lives in the water and 

 so closely resembles the man building cell, can move in 

 any direction it thinks best, eat what it thinks best and 

 when in danger escape from its enemies, and, under ex- 

 ceptionally dangerous circumstances, it can cover itself 

 with an extra tough and hard cover wherein it can remain 

 until the danger is over. Other species of its kind make 

 and wear permanent covers of pearl, horn or flint wherein 

 they live and paddle themselves around through the water 

 in search of food. Others not only cover themselves with 

 armor but provide themselves with flash lights to better 

 see and capture their food and some make darts with 

 which they can strike and capture their prey at a dis- 

 tance. The other social cells that multiply and aggregate 

 themselves into colonies and cell republics which we call 

 plants and animals, show the same inventive skill as these 

 single cells. Their special skill consists mainly in being 

 able to produce large protective colonies. 



It is hard for the ordinary man to comprehend that an 

 animal or plant could have any intellect without a brain, 

 head and nervous system. The easiest way to illustrate 

 intellect in the plant is with the actions of the various in- 

 sect catching plants. The fact that these fly traps are of 

 the most scientific construction and are operated in pre- 

 cisely the same manner as if they were operated by man 

 makes it clear that the cells who build and operate the 

 traps possess at least the same skill as man. The old 

 ideas about instinctive actions of birds and animals are 



