There is a real chasm indeed between the conceptions which prevail in Russia upon marriage relations and those which prevail in France: amongst the workers as well as in the middle classes; and upon many other points there is almost the same chasm between the Russian point of view and that of other nations.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “There is a real chasm indeed between the conceptions which prevail in Russia upon marriage relations and those which…”
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Kropotkin discusses the significant cultural differences regarding marriage between Russia and France, applicable to both workers and middle classes.
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