Readers who have had the patience to follow the facts accumulated in this book, especially those who have given them a thoughtful attention, will probably feel convinced of the immense powers over the productive forces of Nature that man has acquired within the last half a century.
Kropotkin asserts that humanity has gained significant control over nature's productive forces in recent decades.
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