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The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.
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Arnold J. Toynbee

Date of birth: 1889-04-14

Date of death: 1975-10-22

Quotes number: 20

Nationality: British

Profession: Historian

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