There was something truly repulsive in the talk of these men, who the day before would have crouched down before the same lady.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “There was something truly repulsive in the talk of these men, who the day before would have crouched down before the…”
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Kropotkin reflects on the hypocrisy of courtly behavior and the superficiality of social interactions.
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