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A Study of History. By Arnold J. Toynbee. Vols. VII–X. London: Oxford University Press. 772; 732; 759; 422. Index. $35.00.
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A Study of History. By Arnold J. Toynbee. Vols. VII–X. London: Oxford University Press. 772; 732; 759; 422. Index. $35.00.
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2 See, for example, Geyl, Pieter, “Toynbee the Prophet,” Journal of the History of Ideas, 16 (04 1955), 260–274CrossRefGoogle Scholar; also Geyl, 's “Toynbee Once More; Empiricism or Apriorism?” in his From Ranke to Toynbee in Smith College Studies in History, 39 (1952), 65–78.Google Scholar
3 See, for example, Jerrold, Douglas, The Lie About the West: A Response to Professor Toynbee's Challenge (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1953).Google Scholar
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5 Edward Fiess makes this point in “Toynbee as Poet,” Journal of the History of Ideas, 16 (04 1955), 278Google Scholar. It is to be hoped that this first essay in literary criticism of Toynbee will be followed by further studies.
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