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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: On the other side, we all know how children like to make toys themselves, how they gladly imitate the work of full-grown…

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On the other side, we all know how children like to make toys themselves, how they gladly imitate the work of full-grown people if they see them at work in the workshop or the building-yard.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin observes that children enjoy making their own toys and imitating adult work, which should be encouraged.

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