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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Would not science itself progress in leaps and cause mankind to make strides in production, invention, and social…”

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Would not science itself progress in leaps and cause mankind to make strides in production, invention, and social creation, of which we are hardly in a condition now to measure the speed?
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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He speculates on the transformative power of scientific knowledge and its ability to drive progress in various fields.

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