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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: My sympathies went especially toward the weavers and the workers in the cotton factories.

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My sympathies went especially toward the weavers and the workers in the cotton factories.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin expresses his solidarity with weavers and cotton factory workers, indicating his empathy for their struggles.

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