Arnold Joseph Toynbee, the author of the Study of History, a multi-volumed attempt to find patterns in history as if civilizations could be studied like a species, was born on April 14, 1889. His uncle was also a historian,named Arnold Toynbee, who wrote about the industrial revolution. Our Toynbee edited a selection of his uncle's writings, and one metaphor he included, to illustrate international politics was this:
"Twisting the lion's tail ceases to be rewarding if the lion shrinks to the size of a cat."
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