Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay
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Famous Charles Mackay Quotes
“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)
Context: 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.
"Eternal Justice", Stanza 4
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)
Context: 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.
"The Good Time Coming".
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
Context: 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)
Charles Mackay Quotes about men
“Aid the dawning, tongue and pen;
Aid it, hopes of honest men!”
"Clear the Way".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Charles Mackay Quotes
“There’s a good time coming, boys!
A good time coming.”
"The Good Time Coming".
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
Context: 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.
“Cleon hath a million acres,— ne’er a one have I;
Cleon dwelleth in a palace, — in a cottage I.”
"Cleon and I".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)
"Differences" in The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay (1859).
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
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)
"The Old and the New".
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
The Watcher On The Tower
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
"Differences", V
The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay (1859)
"The Good Time Coming"
Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857)
“Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.”
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
