Literary Birthday – 15 June – William McFee

William McFee was born on 15 June 1881 and died on 2 July 1966.

William McFee Quotes

1. If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
2. A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.
3. It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.
4. The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.
5. People don’t ever seem to realise that doing what’s right, writes no guarantee against misfortune.
6. There is nothing like an odour to stir memories.

William McFee was an English-American writer of sea stories. He wrote books like Captain Macedoine’s Daughter. McFee’s works included the memoir, In the First Watch. In addition to books, he also wrote reviews for The New York Sun and The New York Times. In 1936, Yale University conferred an honorary Master of Arts degree on McFee.

Source for photograph: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

by Amanda Patterson
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