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“My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and he complained of feeling 'a dull pain in the brain'--a physical pain, as he used to say--when he was with people who cared only for small talk.”

Book:Memoirs of a Revolutionist

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Memoirs of a Revolutionist

This book offers a firsthand perspective on the struggles, triumphs, and sacrifices of a revolutionary figure. It delves into the motivations, challenges, and consequences of their involvement in a significant political movement. more

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Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, geographer, and anarchist. Born on December 9, 1842, and died on February 8, 1921. Kropotkin is known for his research on mutualism and his contributions to anarchist theory. more

“Sometimes he would advise me to read poetry, and would send me in his letters quantities of verses and whole poems, which he wrote from memory. 'Read poetry,' he wrote: 'poetry makes men better.' How often, in my later life, I realized the truth of this remark of his! Read poetry: it makes men better.”

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Author:Peter Kropotkin

“She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection.”

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Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition

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“He objected, though, to indiscriminate reading. 'One must have some question,' he wrote, 'addressed to the book one is going to read.”

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Book:Memoirs of a Revolutionist

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“I know many lives worth living.”