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Toynbee, Arnold

Toynbee, Arnold (1852-1883), a British social reformer and economist, worked to help the poor. He supported free education, the free operation of trade unions, and the regulation of working conditions in Britain. Toynbee thought religious groups should work for social progress. He taught that imitation of Jesus' service to humanity was true Christianity. His best-known book was The Industrial Revolution (1884).

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