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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Art and science are no longer the monopoly of the great cities, and further progress will be in scattering them over the…”

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Art and science are no longer the monopoly of the great cities, and further progress will be in scattering them over the country.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin emphasizes the democratization of art and science beyond major cities.

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