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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “One who has had some experience of life and men soon discovers that there is about these creatures something which puts…”

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One who has had some experience of life and men soon discovers that there is about these creatures something which puts him on his guard.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin warns that experience teaches one to be cautious of certain individuals.

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