WHAT A TREE IS 5 



the out-and-out materialist Haeckel to admit that every cell 

 must be possessed of a soul. 



These cells are not only alive, but the intelligence behind 

 their movements is extraordinary and incomprehensible. 

 Some devote themselves to the formation of root-structure, 

 and, according to their position in the roots, form themselves 

 after various patterns, with thinner or thicker walls, and more 

 or less elongated. Others devote themselves to the construc- 

 tion of a stem conceived on a wonderful plan, with a canal- 

 system for conducting water, distributing agencies for food, 

 and warehouses for storing up reserve supplies. Still other 

 cells in the leaves carry on with success the most intricate 

 chemical operations, using the actinic (chemical) rays of the 

 sun for a motive power. 



A tree is, then, a wonderful organism. Every cell 

 citizen, so to speak, knows his duty and performs it without 

 any police after him. 



Long before humanity had ever dreamed of co-operative 

 societies, the tree cells had solved the problem. Each for all, 

 and all for each, was their rule of life worked out in perfect 

 harmony. 



