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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Moreover, everyone knows to what extent the labour of children and girls is resorted to, even in the most prosperous…”

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Moreover, everyone knows to what extent the labour of children and girls is resorted to, even in the most prosperous factories--even in this country which stands foremost in industrial development.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin points out the exploitation of child and female labor in prosperous factories.

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