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But we should have worked with the same enthusiasm at tracing a railway, at building a log-house, or at cultivating a garden or a field.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin expresses that the enthusiasm for practical work would extend beyond military training to various constructive activities.
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