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Arnold J. Toynbee - History not used is nothing, for...
History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead. (Arnold J. Toynbee)

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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