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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Scientific education on a wide scale has become necessary for further inventions, and that education is refused to the…

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Scientific education on a wide scale has become necessary for further inventions, and that education is refused to the workers.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin argues that scientific education is essential for workers to contribute to technological advancements.

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