Education was considered as a sort of luxury, for the few only.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Education was considered as a sort of luxury, for the few only.”
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Kropotkin highlights the elitist view of education in Russia, suggesting it was seen as a luxury for the privileged few.
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