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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “This is the true time-saving celerity, the most appropriate for economising human labour; and the best means for…”

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This is the true time-saving celerity, the most appropriate for economising human labour; and the best means for attaining it is an education of the most superior kind.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin emphasizes the importance of superior education for optimizing human labor.

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