So he was using magic in the sense of "disagrees with current scientific theory", in that case the initial quote is circular.
And wrong. E.g., the perihelion precession of Mercury turned out to be caused by all matter being able to warp space and time by its very existence. We like to call that Not Magic, but it's magic in the sense of disagreeing with established scientific theory, and in the sense of being something that, if explained to someone who believed in Newtonian physics, would sound like magic.
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: