A subsequent journey to Belgium, where I could compare once more the centralized political agitation at Brussels with the economic and independent agitation that was going on amongst the clothiers at Verviers, only strengthened my views.
Kropotkin contrasts centralized political agitation with independent economic movements in Belgium.
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