It is most remarkable--so strong is the force of tradition--that the rumour went among the peasants that it was Napoleon III. who had required of the Tsar, in the treaty of peace, that the peasants should be freed.
Kropotkin discusses the influence of tradition and external pressures on the peasants' beliefs regarding their emancipation.
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