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Neither industrial knowledge nor enterprise could be kept for ever as a privilege of these islands.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Neither industrial knowledge nor enterprise could be kept for ever as a privilege of these islands.”
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He asserts that industrial knowledge and enterprise would eventually spread beyond England's borders.
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