But we trusted--and experience has proved that we were right--that social life itself, supported by a frank, open-minded criticism of opinions and actions, would be the most effective means for threshing out opinions and for divesting them of the unavoidable exaggerations.
Kropotkin expresses his belief in the power of open-minded criticism for refining social opinions.
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