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en
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by David Clarke, Jens Nordmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2013-12-28
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Public domain in the USA.

1821–1862
Best known for the ambitious and unfinished History of Civilization in England, this 19th-century English historian tried to explain human progress through broad social laws rather than great individuals alone. His bold, argumentative style made him one of the most talked-about historical writers of his time.
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