Frasi di Charles Mackay

Charles Mackay è stato un giornalista scozzese.

Fu anche poeta e autore di canzoni.

Sua madre morì subito dopo la sua nascita e suo padre fu ufficiale di marina e poi soldato di fanteria. Studiò a Londra, nel Royal Caledonian Asylum, e a Bruxelles, ma trascorse molto tempo in Francia. Arrivato a Londra nel 1834, si dedicò al giornalismo. Lavorò per il Morning Chronicle dal 1835 al 1844 e poi diventò redattore del Glasgow Argus. Si trasferì all'Illustrated London News nel 1848, dove diventò redattore nel 1852.

Pubblicò Songs and Poems , scrisse una Storia di Londra, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds e un romanzo, Longbeard. È anche ricordato per il suo Dictionary of Lowland Scotch. Mentre era in vita il suo successo era legato alle canzoni, alcune delle quali, come Cheer, Boys, Cheer, furono messe in musica nel 1846 da Henry Russell ed ebbero un successo clamoroso.

Mackay fu corrispondente del Times durante la Guerra Civile Americana e in quel contesto scoprì e fece conoscere la Fenian conspiracy. Conseguì la laurea in Legge all'Università di Glasgow nel 1846. Fu membro della Percy Society.

Sua figlia diventò famosa come scrittrice di romanzi con il nome di Marie Corelli.

✵ 27. Marzo 1814 – 24. Dicembre 1889
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Charles Mackay: Frasi in inglese

“They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide
The sun’s meridian glow”

"Eternal Justice", Stanza 4
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)
Contesto: 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.

“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.”

"Eternal Justice", Stanza 4
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)
Contesto: 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.

“Cannon-balls may aid the truth
But thought’s a weapon stronger;
We’ll win our battles by its aid,
Wait a little longer.”

"The Good Time Coming".
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
Contesto: There’s a good time coming, boys!
A good time coming.
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray
Of the good time coming.
Cannon-balls may aid the truth
But thought’s a weapon stronger;
We’ll win our battles by its aid,
Wait a little longer.

“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 libro Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Origine: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

“There’s a good time coming, boys!
A good time coming.”

"The Good Time Coming".
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
Contesto: There’s a good time coming, boys!
A good time coming.
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray
Of the good time coming.
Cannon-balls may aid the truth
But thought’s a weapon stronger;
We’ll win our battles by its aid,
Wait a little longer.

“If happy I and wretched he,
Perhaps the king would change with me.”

"Differences" in The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay (1859).

“Old Tubal Cain was a man of might
In the days when earth was young.”

"Tubal Cain".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)

“Aid the dawning, tongue and pen;
Aid it, hopes of honest men!”

"Clear the Way".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)

“Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.”

Charles Mackay libro Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

“Some love to roam o’er the dark sea’s foam,
Where the shrill winds whistle free.”

"Some Love to Roam".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)

“During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come.”

Charles Mackay libro Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

“Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.”

Charles Mackay libro Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

“Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.”

Charles Mackay libro Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

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