458 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



sary, they keep their insects in separate stalls. It is con- 

 sidered a common thing for one animal to capture an- 

 other for food, but to capture another and keep him as a 

 slave to do the work for him is another matter. We 

 recognize our own mind in that of the ant. If a few cells 

 in the brain of the ant show the same mind and intellect 

 as our own, why is not every cell in the ant also intelli- 

 gent? Why is not every cell in the ant's brain endowed 

 with as much understanding as any other cell? Bees 

 also are skilled workers they reason in the same manner 

 as man. If, at the beginning, their work has been started 

 wrong, they will tear it all down and change the part so 

 as to finally fit it to the general plan preconceived. They 

 will sometimes modify the whole structure in order to 

 meet and overcome some extraordinary difficulty to be 

 encountered later on. I have not space to describe fur- 

 ther the intelligence of bees and ants and other insects, 

 but they have been lately studied and there is beginning 

 to be a general agreement among most of the scientists 

 that such insects as bees and ants show the same intellect 

 as man possesses. The fact that the brain of the insect 

 is microscopic, consisting of only a few cells, goes to 

 prove without question that the cells, wherever found, in 

 plants, in the brain of man or insect, or living singly in 

 the water, are the same. 



It is not necessary to go into any details in reference 

 to the intelligence of animals; anyone who has had any 

 experience with them knows that they reason in reference 

 to their particular business in life, just as man does. 

 Goats very often meet on very narrow mountain ridges 

 with a precipice or deep gofge on each side. They can- 

 not pass nor can they retreat, as there is no room in which 

 to turn about. Under those circumstances the goats will 

 stand and look at each other thoughtfully for some time 



