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The “means of existence” drawn from the soil have thus grown about fifteen times quicker than the population.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The “means of existence” drawn from the soil have thus grown about fifteen times quicker than the population.”
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Kropotkin presents data showing that agricultural productivity has outpaced population growth significantly.
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