Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Society at large remains indifferent to the needs of British agriculture.”

There is not a single manufacturer or tradesman who, even in the most trifling circumstances, does not do his best to emancipate himself from foreign guardianship.” The best French and English patterns are imitated and improved by a touch…

It is a fact that chemical manures, without organic manure, seldom prove to be sufficient.

As to the honest longing for more technical education--surely let us all have as much of it as possible: it will be a boon for humanity; for humanity, of course--not for a single nation, because knowledge cannot be cultivated for home use…

The small industries are as much a distinctive feature of the British industry as its few immense factories and ironworks.