And we, in our admiration of the prodigies achieved under the new factory system, overlooked the advantages of the old system under which the tiller of the soil was an industrial worker at the same time.
Kropotkin critiques the admiration for factory achievements while neglecting the benefits of traditional agricultural practices.
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The small industries are as much a distinctive feature of the British industry as its few immense factories and ironworks.
As to the honest longing for more technical education--surely let us all have as much of it as possible: it will be a boon for humanity; for humanity, of course--not for a single nation, because knowledge cannot be cultivated for home use…
However, a further advance is being made in order to emancipate horticulture from climate.
But the monopoly of industrial production could not remain with England for ever.
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