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).
Charles A. Beard
Born: November 27, 1874
Died: September 1, 1948 (aged 73)
Bio: Charles Austin Beard was, with Frederick Jackson Turner, one of the most influential American historians of the first half of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Economic Origins Of Jeffersonian Democracy (1915)
- The Economic Basis of Politics (1922)
- An introduction to the English historians (1906)