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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Science, down to the present day, remains permeated with Malthus’s teachings.

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Science, down to the present day, remains permeated with Malthus’s teachings.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin notes the lasting impact of Malthus's teachings on contemporary science.

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