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their unicellular ancestors had ever formed part of such. 
But this ancestry is continuous with a long line of germ-cells, 
and at regular intervals of time, these were like sister cells, 
which did develop and formed embryos. “ The whole 
individual .development of a higher animal forms from 
this point of view a continuous chain of recollection or 
memories of the history of development of that great series 
of beings whose last link is this animal, called Homo sapiens.” 
But again, if this be so, the realisation of it must have 
a great influence on the outlook on life and our conception 
of life forces. We cannot then for a moment regard life 
and the manifestations of life as a merely chemical process, 
because the guiding stimulus is not of the germplasm,_ or 
whatever name we may give the substance carrying Heredity, 
but comes from without the chemical processes which accom- 
pany life, and are the outward manifestations of it. And 
if we do that, we must go a step further, namely, if we admit 
that the cell has a memory, it must have a soul, that is a 
psyche, because memory is not a substance but an idea, 
or mental conception ; and an idea, or mental conception 
is not formed by matter. Then this soul which forms the 
idea which induces the proper assortation of chromosomes 
in the developing germ- cell is the driving force in our life, 
and is the cause of the ascent of man ; and as each cell of 
our body is really a living entity with an intelligence of its 
own, so is our individual intelligence formed of the sum of 
cell intelligences. But so far as the intelligence of each cell 
is removed from the intelligence of the whole individual, 
so far are we removed from that intelligence which would 
enable us to give a satisfactory answer to all the ” whys ” 
which beset us on every side. But I am firmly convinced, 
that the development of creation will not cease until it has 
reached that point. 
