Around us, out of a simple primal form,

Impossible; yet you know that every man

Before his birth, a few brief years ago,

Was once no more than a single living cell.

You think it ends your theory of creation.

You say that God made you; and yet you know

—And reconcile your creed with what you know—

That you yourself originally”—he held up

A gleaming pencil-case—“were a little piece

Of matter, not so large as the end of this.