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It is only those who do nothing who makes no mistake.

Peter Kropotkin

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Peter Kropotkin
Age: 78 †
Born: 1842
Born: December 9
Died: 1921
Died: February 8
Anarchist
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
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Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin
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