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A quotation from Charles Mackay
Cannon-balls may aid the truth,
But thought’s a weapon stronger;
We’ll win our battles by its aid; —
Wait a little longer.Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Poem (1846-01-22), “The Good Time Coming,” st. 1, London Daily NewsMore info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79867…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #enlightenment #force #progress #reason #struggle #thought #truth #violence #weapon
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean tost
Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow;
Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow;
Each struggle lessens human woe.Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Poem (1856?), “The Old and the New,” st. 45, Ballads and Lyrical PoemsMore info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/80003…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #assistance #contribution #effort #help #progress
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
Keep, Galileo, to thy thought,
And nerve thy soul to bear;
They may gloat o’er the senseless words they wring
From the pangs of thy despair:
They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide
The sun’s meridian glow;
The heel of a priest may tread thee down,
And a tyrant work thee woe;
But never a truth has been destroyed:
They may curse it, and call it crime;
Pervert and betray, or slander and slay
Its teachers for a time.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Poem (1847), “Eternal Justice,” st. 4More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79828…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #censorship #freedomofthought #inevitability #justice #repression #science #silencing #truth #tyranny
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
The prophecies of Nostradamus consist of upwards of a thousand stanzas, each of four lines, and are to the full as obscure as the oracles of old. They take so great a latitude, both as to time and space, that they are almost sure to be fulfilled somewhere or other in the course of a few centuries.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “Fortune-Telling” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79638…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #ambiguity #oracle #prediction #prognostication #prophecy #vagueness
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come. Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “Modern Prophecies” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79500…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #believer #truebeliever #belief #chaos #credulity #danger #disaster #endoftheworld #prediction #prophecy
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come. Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “Modern Prophecies” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79500…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #believer #truebeliever #belief #chaos #credulity #danger #disaster #endoftheworld #prediction #prophecy
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
The intrigues of unworthy courtiers to gain the favour of still more unworthy kings, or the records of murderous battles and sieges, have been dilated on, and told over and over again, with all the eloquence of style and all the charms of fancy; while the circumstances which have most deeply affected the morals and welfare of the people have been passed over with but slight notice, as dry and dull, and capable of neither warmth nor colouring.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “The South-Sea Bubble” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79366…
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “The South-Sea Bubble” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79186…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #downfall #gambling #inevitability #nation #nationalsecurity #punishment #risktaking
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Preface (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/78848…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #herd #humannature #humanity #madness #masshysteria #masses #mob
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
Every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges, spurred on either by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation. Failing in these, it has some madness, to which it is goaded by political or religious causes, or both combined.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “The Crusades” (1841)More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/78827…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #craziness #delusion #era #fad #frenzy #history #humannature #madness #masshysteria #masses #craze
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A quotation from Charles Mackay
You have no enemies, you say?
Alas, my friend, the boast is poor;
He, who has mingled in the fray
Of duty that the brave endure,
Must have made foes! If you have none,
Small is the work that you have done,
You’ve hit no traitor on the hip,
You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip,
You’ve never turned the wrong to right,
You’ve been a coward in the fight.Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Poem (1884), “No Enemies”, Interludes and Undertones, Poem 121More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/78699…
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Another #CharlesMacKay post! He was a 19th century Scottish writer, who, in 1879, wrote about archaic words he urged other writers to revive. With most, this didn't happen, but we have words like blob, forthright, and forebear because of him.
"Fettle" was a partial success. It means "to arrange, mend, put in order." After MacKay wrote about it, people adopted in in phrases like "fine fettle," but not as a stand-alone verb. 1/2
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Another #CharlesMacKay post! He was a 19th century Scottish writer, who, in 1879, wrote about archaic words he urged other writers to revive. With most, this didn't happen, but we have words like blob, forthright, and forebear because of him.
"Fettle" was a partial success. It means "to arrange, mend, put in order." After MacKay wrote about it, people adopted in in phrases like "fine fettle," but not as a stand-alone verb. 1/2
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I wish it was my posts about the Scottish writer, Charles MacKay, retrieving obsolete words from obscurity and making them commonplace again, that was going viral, rather than the post about Instagram censoring an image on my daughter's account.
I think I'm going to go back and hashtag all those posts #CharlesMacKay to make them easier to find. There WILL be more of them.
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I wish it was my posts about the Scottish writer, Charles MacKay, retrieving obsolete words from obscurity and making them commonplace again, that was going viral, rather than the post about Instagram censoring an image on my daughter's account.
I think I'm going to go back and hashtag all those posts #CharlesMacKay to make them easier to find. There WILL be more of them.
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I'm beginning to have great respect for the Scottish writer, #CharlesMacKay who in 1879 published a list of archaic words, encouraging writers to revive them. One of them was "forthright" (in the sense of straightforward). It's in Dr Johnson's dictionary as "not in use."
The graph actually exaggerates how commonly it was used before MacKay boosted it. Most of the sources are duplicated — e.g. Shakespeare, dictionaries.
This one took longer to catch on than some of the others I've shared.
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I'm beginning to have great respect for the Scottish writer, #CharlesMacKay who in 1879 published a list of archaic words, encouraging writers to revive them. One of them was "forthright" (in the sense of straightforward). It's in Dr Johnson's dictionary as "not in use."
The graph actually exaggerates how commonly it was used before MacKay boosted it. Most of the sources are duplicated — e.g. Shakespeare, dictionaries.
This one took longer to catch on than some of the others I've shared.
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I've been sharing examples of words that the Scottish writer, #CharlesMacKay, rescued from obscurity, asking authors (in 1879) to resurrect them. In some cases he was very successful.
Did you know that "foreword" was an archaic term before MacKay? Look at how it took off after he brought it to the world's attention!
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I've been sharing examples of words that the Scottish writer, #CharlesMacKay, rescued from obscurity, asking authors (in 1879) to resurrect them. In some cases he was very successful.
Did you know that "foreword" was an archaic term before MacKay? Look at how it took off after he brought it to the world's attention!
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When I first heard of "glee clubs" I thought it meant people getting together to have fun (or make people happy) by singing. I didn't realize "glee" was an old word for music itself. It dropped out of use in England in the 16th cent. but kept going in Scotland much longer. In 1879 a Scotsman, #CharlesMacKay, wrote about this and other obscure words, urging writers to revive them.
Google's ngam viewer suggests he succeeded, at least with reference to "glee clubs" and at least in the US.
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When I first heard of "glee clubs" I thought it meant people getting together to have fun (or make people happy) by singing. I didn't realize "glee" was an old word for music itself. It dropped out of use in England in the 16th cent. but kept going in Scotland much longer. In 1879 a Scotsman, #CharlesMacKay, wrote about this and other obscure words, urging writers to revive them.
Google's ngam viewer suggests he succeeded, at least with reference to "glee clubs" and at least in the US.
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Did you know that "blob" was once a little known, archaic and regional word. In 1879 a Scotsman called #CharlesMacKay wrote about a number of words like it, which he urged writers to resurrect. It seems he was successful.
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Did you know that "blob" was once a little known, archaic and regional word. In 1879 a Scotsman called #CharlesMacKay wrote about a number of words like it, which he urged writers to resurrect. It seems he was successful.
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A quotation (maybe) from Charles Mackay
There is no such thing as death.
In nature nothing dies.
From each sad remnant of decay
Some forms of life arise.Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
“There Is No Such Thing as Death” (1849?)Sourcing, extensive notes: wist.info/mackay-charles/78435…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #circleoflife #death #nature #rebirth
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Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
-- Charles Mackay⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #CharlesMackay #Society
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology
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Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
-- Charles Mackay⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #CharlesMackay #Society
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology
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Not a bad pickup for only $1.80 at the resale shop! Obviously not the 1841 edition! A very early skeptical work.
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Not a bad pickup for only $1.80 at the resale shop! Obviously not the 1841 edition! A very early skeptical work.
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What the poet, playboy and prophet of bubbles can still teach us | Tim Harford
https://timharford.com/2023/02/what-the-poet-playboy-and-prophet-of-bubbles-can-still-teach-us/
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