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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “How often, later on in Siberia, I recalled to memory that object lesson when we also had to do the impossible during our…”

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How often, later on in Siberia, I recalled to memory that object lesson when we also had to do the impossible during our scientific expeditions!
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin recalls a lesson from military experience that applied to his scientific expeditions in Siberia.

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