Nay, even the agricultural labourer, who formerly used to find a relief from the hardships of his life in the home of his ancestors--the future home of his children--in his love of the field and in a keen intercourse with nature, even he has been doomed to disappear for the sake of division of labour.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Nay, even the agricultural labourer, who formerly used to find a relief from the hardships of his life in the home of…”
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He reflects on the loss of connection to nature experienced by agricultural laborers due to the division of labor.
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