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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The mediæval spirit of revenge which still prevails in English prisons has long since been given up in France.”

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The mediæval spirit of revenge which still prevails in English prisons has long since been given up in France.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin critiques the lingering punitive attitudes in English prisons compared to the more progressive French system.

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