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As a whole, the transformation of the petty trades into great industries goes on with a slowness which cannot fail to astonish even those who are convinced of its necessity.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin remarks on the slow transformation from petty trades to larger industries, surprising even skeptics.
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