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 Anderson Dana
Born: August 8, 1819
Died: October 17, 1897 (aged 78)
Bio: Charles Anderson Dana was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New York Tribune until 1862.
Known for:
- Proudhon and His Bank of the People (1896)