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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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Wars and several accidental causes may check for some time the scattering of industries: they will not stop it; it is unavoidable.
It is time to conclude, and, for every unprejudiced mind, the conclusion is self-evident.
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He can do it; and in so doing he would save an immense quantity of the work which is now given for buying his food abroad, and for paying all the intermediaries who live upon this trade.
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