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They are already ruined--poor as Lazarus--and in a few years they will be made still poorer by a foolish taxation.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “They are already ruined--poor as Lazarus--and in a few years they will be made still poorer by a foolish taxation.”
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Kropotkin warns of the impending ruin of families due to oppressive taxation, likening their plight to that of Lazarus.
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