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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Is not bread and dripping the staple food of more than one-half of English children?”

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Is not bread and dripping the staple food of more than one-half of English children?
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin highlights the inadequate nutrition of many English children, emphasizing social issues related to food access.

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