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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The fact is so well felt, if not understood, that the race for colonies has become the distinctive feature of the last…”

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The fact is so well felt, if not understood, that the race for colonies has become the distinctive feature of the last twenty years.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin notes that the competition for colonies has become a defining characteristic of recent history.

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