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The philosophy and the poetry of nature, the methods of all the exact sciences, and an inspired conception of the life of nature must make part of education.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin believes that education should include both the philosophy and poetry of nature alongside scientific methods.
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