The Development of a Sixth Sense
Sir Hiram Maxim, the great inventor of modern guns, a leader in the field of aviation, and a brother of Hudson Maxim, the great developer of high explosives, thinks that a sixth sense can be developed in the human family. He believes this sense is necessary to the aviator, so that he may be able to detect his approach to adverse air currents; and to the pilot of the submarine vessel, so that he may have a sense of obstacles he is approaching; and then he thinks it would be handy for the automobilist. If his suggestions were not put forth in all seriousness, they would not be worthy of mention. But it must not be lost sight of, in all such notions and theories, that we are in a world of sin. This earth is in quarantine from the rest of the universe; and while man is capable of great improvement when connected with his Creator, there are many of his dreams that he can not realize till the plague of sin has been banished.