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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Common sense ought to have shown the authorities that a person who had officially visited me in prison would not be…

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Common sense ought to have shown the authorities that a person who had officially visited me in prison would not be involved in such an affair.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin reflects on the absurdity of the authorities' actions regarding his visitors in prison.

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