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Their inborn good nature and softness remained with them, but all traces of servility had disappeared.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgTheir inborn good nature and softness remained with them, but all traces of servility had disappeared.
Kropotkin notes the positive transformation in the peasants' demeanor after liberation.
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