A force, never before suspected to exist, grew stronger every day in Europe; and if the movement had not been arrested in its growth by the Franco-German war, great things would probably have happened in Europe, deeply modifying the aspects of our civilization, and undoubtedly accelerating human progress.
Kropotkin speculates on the potential societal changes that could have occurred had the workers' movement not been interrupted by war.
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