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).
Washington Gladden
Born: February 11, 1836
Died: July 2, 1918 (aged 82)
Bio: Washington Gladden was a leading American Congregational pastor and early leader in the Social Gospel movement.
Known for:
- The Church and Modern Life (1908)
- Who Wrote the Bible? a Book for the People (1891)
- Social salvation (1902)
- From the Hub to the Hudson (1869)
- The young men and the churches