Already during my sojourn at Lyons I began to realize the awfully demoralising influence of the prisons upon the prisoners, which brought me later to condemn unconditionally the whole institution.
Kropotkin reflects on the damaging effects of imprisonment on individuals, particularly highlighting the moral implications of the prison system.
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Science, down to the present day, remains permeated with Malthus’s teachings.
There is not a single manufacturer or tradesman who, even in the most trifling circumstances, does not do his best to emancipate himself from foreign guardianship.” The best French and English patterns are imitated and improved by a touch…
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