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Finley Peter Dunne
(10 Jul 1867 - 24 Apr 1936)
American humorist and journalist whose syndicated features on the political and social commentaries by his fictional Irish philosopher-bartender, “Mr. Dooley” were collected in Mr. Dooley in Peace and War (1898) and later titles.
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Science Quotes by Finley Peter Dunne (2 quotes)
I wondher why ye can always read a doctor's bill an’ ye niver can read his purscription.
— Finley Peter Dunne
'Drugs', Mr. Dooley Says (1910). In The Speaker: A Quarterly Magazine (1913), Vol. 8, 147.
There’s always wan encouragin’ thing about th’ sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th’ pa-apers. They’re usually not thrue.
— Finley Peter Dunne
In 'On the Descent of Man', Mr. Dooley on Making a Will (1919), 90.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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