Many new ways to fortune had been opened since serfdom had been abolished, and the crowd rushed with eagerness into these channels.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Many new ways to fortune had been opened since serfdom had been abolished, and the crowd rushed with eagerness into…”
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This passage notes the eagerness of people to pursue new opportunities following the abolition of serfdom.
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