In the same way our Russian youth, each one for himself or herself, refused to take personal advantage of the revenues of their fathers, Such a youth had to go to the people--and they went.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “In the same way our Russian youth, each one for himself or herself, refused to take personal advantage of the revenues…”
Editor's note · Context
He notes that Russian youth rejected their inherited wealth and sought to connect with the working class.
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