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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: But a closer acquaintance with British agriculture as a whole discloses many features of inferiority.

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But a closer acquaintance with British agriculture as a whole discloses many features of inferiority.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin critiques the overall quality of British agriculture despite its strengths.

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