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Arnold Toynbee, a historian and critic of Western civilization, will long be remembered. Toynbee, who died at the age of 86, was born on April 14, 1889 into a family of distinguished scholars and philanthropists. Although he was best known for his twelve-volume A Study of History, which was written over a 34-year period, Toynbee was still vocal about a wide range of topics from sex to religion to the spread of cities.
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Arnold Toynbee, a historian and critic of Western civilization, will long be remembered. Toynbee, who died at the age of 86, was born on April 14, 1889 into a family of distinguished scholars and philanthropists. Although he was best known for his twelve-volume A Study of History, which was written over a 34-year period, Toynbee was still vocal about a wide range of topics from sex to religion to the spread of cities.

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