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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

not possible. The reason for this is as follows: the egg of every living be-
ing secretes a substance called fertilizin, which has a particular chemical
composition. This is a precaution which prevents sperm cells of other spe-
cies (non-human species) from approaching the egg and causing the de-
generation of the human species. Thus, a cat cannot mate with a horse and
a human being cannot mate with any other living thing. 18
The electrical charge carried by the sperm and the egg also has an ef-
fect on fertilisation. The egg always carries a negative charge and the

sperm carries a positive one. Because opposite charges attract each other,
the egg draws all the sperm towards itself. But with the first sperm that is
able to enter the egg, the charge changes immediately. Now the egg assu-
mes a positive charge like the sperm's. Because like charges repel each ot-
her, at the moment of union the egg begins to repel all other sperm. 19

1 2

When the sperm
reach the egg,
only one of
them succeeds
in penetrating
its protective
membrane. (1)
When the sperm
enters the egg,
certain changes
3 4
occur and the
egg closes itself
to other sperm.
(2-3) Once it en-
ters the egg, the
sperm's tail
breaks off and
remains out-
side. (4) Fertili-
sation occurs.

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