Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The interests of the country are a secondary matter.”

Wars and several accidental causes may check for some time the scattering of industries: they will not stop it; it is unavoidable.

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…

Any soil, of any desired composition, can be made by machinery.

The seeds are carefully tried, the seedlings receive proper attention, and there is no fear of drought, because of the variety of crops, the liberal watering with the help of a steam engine, and the stock of plants always kept ready to…