Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Sheer exasperation took hold of our young people. ‘In other…”

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Sheer exasperation took hold of our young people. ‘In other countries,’ they began to say, ‘men have the courage to resist.

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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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This quote captures the growing frustration among young revolutionaries who compared their struggles to those in other countries.

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