Agriculture calls manufactures into existence, and manufactures support agriculture.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Agriculture calls manufactures into existence, and manufactures support agriculture.”
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Kropotkin illustrates the interdependence of agriculture and manufacturing in economic systems.
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