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To be revolutionists, and fail to prove to the masses that a new era has really begun for them, is to ensure the certain ruin of the attempt.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin stresses the necessity of demonstrating to the masses that a new era has begun to avoid failure in revolutionary efforts.
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