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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Taking everything into consideration, although the Frenchman keeps less cattle, and especially grazes less sheep than…”

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Taking everything into consideration, although the Frenchman keeps less cattle, and especially grazes less sheep than the Briton, he nevertheless obtains from his soil nearly all the food that he and his cattle consume.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin asserts that despite having fewer cattle, the French manage to produce sufficient food from their land.

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