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 Bean
Born: November 18, 1879
Died: August 30, 1968 (aged 88)
Bio: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian World War 1 war correspondent and historian.
Known for:
- Anzac to Amiens (1946)
- Bean's Gallipoli
- Letters from France (1917)