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For the last fifty years science--especially chemistry--and mechanical skill have been widening and extending the industrial powers of man upon organic and inorganic dead matter.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Here, Kropotkin discusses the impact of science and technology on enhancing agricultural productivity over the past fifty years.
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