Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Arthur Galston

Born: April 21, 1920
Died: June 15, 2008 (aged 88)
Bio: Arthur W. Galston was an American botanist and bioethicist. As a graduate student, he identified the defoliant effects of a chemical the British military and the U.S.