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s we have seen in the previous exam-
ples, the leaf is a marvel of design cre-

ated with a sublime knowledge and
artistry. If you were to magnify any
leaf, no thicker than a few millime-
ters, to the size of a factory, and if you were able to
walk around inside it, then you would be amazed at
what you saw there. For example, in a small parsley
leaf you would perceive a highly advanced network

stretching right throughout it, centers that produce
and store more than 20 different chemical substances,
energy transformers that constantly convert solar en-
ergy into sugar, solar collectors that initiate this proc-
ess, air conditioning centers, a very powerful security
and communications system, and a giant chemical fa-
cility containing many sections, many of whose func-
tions are still unknown to scientists.
It is impossible to stop the cells at work there and

obtain information from them. That is because the
“workers” consist of substances such as fats, carbohy-
drates and water and have no mouths to speak with,
nor brains to understand what we are saying, nor the
time to answer our questions. What is obvious at first
sight is that this system, its workers, and all the mate-
rials and products used in the system are the work of

a sublime intellect and knowledge.
Plants have no central nervous system, much
less a brain with which to control it. Each part of the
plant therefore develops independently of every oth-