File:Cell intelligence; the cause of growth, heredity and instinctive actions, illustrating that the cell is a conscious, intelligent being, and, by reason thereof, plans and builds all plants and animals (14574908337).jpg

Identifier: cellintelligence00quev (find matches)
Title: Cell intelligence; the cause of growth, heredity and instinctive actions, illustrating that the cell is a conscious, intelligent being, and, by reason thereof, plans and builds all plants and animals in the same manner that man constructs houses, railroads and other structures
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Quevli, Nels
Subjects: Cells
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn., Colwell Press
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
times when he happens to get out of hishouse in the ground, where he has been rebuilt from aworm into this beetle by the cells that occupy him. Thecells that build the tree beetle need not take a back seatfor any other cells in the world for inventive ability andconstructive skill, not even for the cells that build andguide Mr. Loeb or Mr. Rockefeller. I think the tree bee-tles exhibit a most wonderful skill and intellect in thebuilders, as is shown by the many inventions of shapesand forms, in these illustrations (Fig. 51) from Mr.Schutes Evolution. A tree beetle is a habitation builtby a colony of cells, so as to be able to dig holes in theground, run up and down the side of trees and navigatethe air; and he is of such shape and color as to deceiveall his enemies that might wish to devour him, and hecertainly is a great success. He is with us today whilethe larger extinct structures are with us only as fossilbones and remains, and he will be with us on this earth as CONCLUSIONS 435
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 50.-Central American Leaf Hoppers resembling the f^^ll^SV^el^lgrowths of plants on which they presumably I^e Certain of them a so rej,reeali growths on the p ants. Protective resemblance, (tipures coiiectea oy5 O. Howard, from various plates published in the Biologia Centrah-Amcn- sentDr. Lcana.) -SCHUTE. 436 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION long as man, and when a great number of larger, andwhat we consider more intelligent individuals or cell col-onies are no more. The cells that made and guide thebeetle can clearly remember from their former experiencein the parent beetle where buds could be found in the early-spring, and so they guide him directly to the place in thetop of the tree. In precisely the same manner would anexperienced captain of the submarine or ship guide hisstructure directly to the proper place, by reason of hisknowledge and past experiences. There can be no mys-tery, instinct or heliotropism about it. The plant called the Venus fly trap with its actio

Note About Images