Charles Mackay Quote
An enthusiastic philosopher, of whose name we are not informed, had constructed a very satisfactory theory on some subject or other, and was not a little proud of it. But the facts, my dear fellow, said his friend, the facts do not agree with your theory.—Don't they? replied the philosopher, shrugging his shoulders, then, ;—so much the worse for the facts!
Charles Mackay
An enthusiastic philosopher, of whose name we are not informed, had constructed a very satisfactory theory on some subject or other, and was not a little proud of it. But the facts, my dear fellow, said his friend, the facts do not agree with your theory.—Don't they? replied the philosopher, shrugging his shoulders, then, ;—so much the worse for the facts!
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About Charles Mackay
Charles (or Charlie) Mackay, McKay, or MacKay may refer to:
Charles Mackay (author) (1814–1889), Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter
Charles McKay (1855–1883), American naturalist and explorer
Charles Mackay (mayor) (1875–1929), New Zealand lawyer, local politician, and Mayor of Wanganui
Charlie MacKay (1880–1953), Australian rules footballer and physician
Charles Reay Mackay, Australian immunologist, fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Charles R. MacKay, pseudonym for William Harral Johnson and William Stewart Ross used on Life of Charles Bradlaugh, M.P. (1888), a libelous attack on Charles Bradlaugh
Charles MacKay (born 1950), American arts administrator
Charles Mackay (author) (1814–1889), Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter
Charles McKay (1855–1883), American naturalist and explorer
Charles Mackay (mayor) (1875–1929), New Zealand lawyer, local politician, and Mayor of Wanganui
Charlie MacKay (1880–1953), Australian rules footballer and physician
Charles Reay Mackay, Australian immunologist, fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Charles R. MacKay, pseudonym for William Harral Johnson and William Stewart Ross used on Life of Charles Bradlaugh, M.P. (1888), a libelous attack on Charles Bradlaugh
Charles MacKay (born 1950), American arts administrator