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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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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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Arnold J. Toynbee was a Historian from United Kingdom (1889–1975).

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This quote is attributed to Arnold J. Toynbee, a Historian from United Kingdom.
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Arnold J. Toynbee lived from 1889 – 1975.
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