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But it is so contrary to human nature that its strict enforcement had to be abandoned.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “But it is so contrary to human nature that its strict enforcement had to be abandoned.”
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Kropotkin critiques the impracticality of enforcing absolute silence in prisons, emphasizing its contradiction to human nature.
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