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).
Emily Greene Balch
Born: January 8, 1867
Died: January 9, 1961 (aged 94)
Bio: Emily Greene Balch was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist.
Known for:
- Our Slavic Fellow Citizens (1910)
- Public Assistance of the Poor in France (1893)
- OUTLINE OF ECONOMICS (1899)