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HTML

<div class="table">
    <div class="align-middle">
        Socrates (this should be on top of his head)
    </div>
    <div class="align-bottom">
        <img src="http://www.mrdowling.com/images/701socrates.png"/>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.table {
    display:table
}
.align-middle {
    display:table-cell;
    vertical-align:middle
}
.align-bottom {
    display:table-cell;
    vertical-align:bottom;
}