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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Agriculture is so much in need of aid from those who inhabit the cities, that every summer thousands of men leave their…

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Agriculture is so much in need of aid from those who inhabit the cities, that every summer thousands of men leave their slums in the towns and go to the country for the season of crops.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin observes that urban workers often migrate to rural areas during harvest season to assist in agriculture.

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