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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).
William Graham Sumner

Born: October 30, 1840
Died: April 12, 1910 (aged 69)
Bio: William Graham Sumner was a classical liberal American social scientist. He taught social sciences at Yale, where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology. He was one of the most influential teachers at Yale or any major schools.
Known for:
- What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)
- The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
- War And Other Essays
- Folkways (1906)
- On liberty, society, and politics
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