He was also one of the finest critics of the current socialist literature, and was never taken in by the mere display of fine words, or would-be science.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “He was also one of the finest critics of the current socialist literature, and was never taken in by the mere display of…”
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Kropotkin commends a critic's ability to discern genuine thought from mere rhetoric in socialist literature.
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