450 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



know, such as cells, matter and force. In reference to 

 those other questions that we do not know, such as how 

 the cell came into the world or how force and matter came 

 to exist, one has as much right to guess as the other and 

 it does not prove anything. The power of memory is 

 without doubt the cause of progress and intellect in the 

 cell and no doubt some day this power will be better 

 understood, and I am satisfied that it will be based on 

 some physical and chemical skill understood by the cell. 

 I feel satisfied that we shall find that in some perfectly 

 natural way the record of past incidents and occurrences 

 are recorded and preserved in the same manner as man 

 now records and preserves his experiences by means of 

 books, paper or phonograph. You might ask where would 

 the cell, this microscopic individual, have room for any 

 such record. It is possible for the cell to carry with him 

 such records, for we find that the amoeba, which is the 

 most similar to the man building cell, is able to carry with 

 him material and force sufficient to build around himself, 

 whenever so desired, a house or cover, solid as steel, 

 wherein he can remain safe until the dangers which 

 threatened his life are over. Looking at him with our 

 most powerful microscope we can, as yet, only see what 

 appears to be a mass of microscopic and active granules, 

 running hither and thither. Where does the amoeba keep 

 all these materials with which he can, when he thinks it is 

 necessary, construct this coat of armor about himself and 

 where does, he keep all his specifically trained force, who 

 understand how to put the raw material into a covering 

 for his unprotected body? When we shall have produced 

 a microscope powerful enough to enable us to see the 

 detailed activities of the primordial beings that go to 

 make up the individual we call cell, or the amoeba, then 

 we shall very likely be able to discover how he is able to 



