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).
E. H. Carr
Born: June 28, 1892
Died: November 3, 1982 (aged 90)
Bio: Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr was an English historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography.