What most deserves admiration is--not so much the development of the great industries, which, after all, here as elsewhere, are to a great extent international in their origins--as the creative and inventive powers and capacities of adaptation which appear amongst the great mass of these industrious populations.
This quote emphasizes Kropotkin's admiration for the creativity and adaptability of local populations in the face of industrial challenges.
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