They will say: “We discover the laws of nature, let others apply them; it is a simple division of labour.” But such a rejoinder would be utterly untrue.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “They will say: “We discover the laws of nature, let others apply them; it is a simple division of labour.” But such a…”
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Kropotkin challenges the notion that scientists only discover laws while others apply them, calling it misleading.
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Altogether, the worker is much more at the mercy of the dealer or the employer, and the employer is at the mercy of the wholesale dealer.
It is a fact that chemical manures, without organic manure, seldom prove to be sufficient.
And wherever the village-community spirit is maintained, the small industries persist, while no effort is spared to bring the small plots under higher culture.

