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).
Francis Ellingwood Abbot

Born: November 6, 1836
Died: October 23, 1903 (aged 66)
Bio: Francis Ellingwood Abbot was an American philosopher and theologian who sought to reconstruct theology in accord with scientific method.
Known for:
- Scientific theism (1885)
- If ever two were one