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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The moral and physical advantages which man would derive from dividing his work between the field and the workshop are…

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The moral and physical advantages which man would derive from dividing his work between the field and the workshop are self-evident.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin asserts the clear benefits of balancing agricultural and industrial work for individuals.

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