Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Edwin O. Reischauer

Born: October 15, 1910
Died: September 1, 1990 (aged 79)
Bio: Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was an American educator and professor at Harvard University. He was a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and East Asia. An article Reischauer wrote in 1960 analyzing current tensions between the U.S.
Known for:
- The Japanese today (1977)
- Japan, tradition & transformation (1978)
- East Asia : the Great Tradition (1960)
- Translations from early Japanese literature (1951)
- The United States and Japan (1950)