Expropriation
By Peter Kropotkin
It is told of Rothschild that, seeing his fortune threatened by the revolution of 1849, he hit upon the following stratagem: - “I am quite willing to admit,” said he, “that my fortune has been accumulated at the expense of others, but if it were divided among the millions of Europe to-morrow the share of each would only amount to five schillings if he asks me for it.”
Having given due publicity to his promise, our millionaire proceeded as usual to stroll quietly through the streets of Frankfort. Three or four passersby asked for their five schillings, which he disbursed with a sardonic smile. His stratagem succeeded and the family of the millionaire is still in possession of ... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
Kropotkin, P. (1927). The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 (N. F. Dryhurst, Trans.) New York: Vanguard Printings. (Original work published 1909) PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUP D'ÉTAT The 14th of July-Middle classes distrust people Royalists prepare coup d'état-Middle classes urge people to arm- People seize Bastille-Middle classes restore order-King and feudal rights-Effect of Royal Session-Atmosphere of conspiracy at Court-Foundation of Breton Club-Mirabeau and people-Necker tries to avert famine-Incompetence of National Assembly-Royalist plotting continues-Petition of Assembly THE accepted account of July 14 runs as follows: The National Assembly was sitting. At the end of June, after two months of parleying and hesitations, the Three Orders were at last united. The power was slipping from the grasp of the Court, which began, therefore, to prepare a coup d'état. Troops were summoned an...
Godwin, William (1783). The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. Kearsley. Dublin: Potts, Wilson, Walker and Byrne. pp. i - xvii.
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THE PRESENT CRISIS IN RUSSIA.
BY PRINCE KROPOTKIN.
The North American Review, Vol. 172, No. 534 (May, 1901), pp. 711-723
The last students' disturbances in Russia were quite different from all the disturbances which have taken place in the Russian universities for the last forty years. They began, as all students' movements begin, with an insignificant incident, which concerned the students alone; but, owing to a series of circumstances quite peculiar to Russia, they took, all of a sudden, a political complexion ; and in this respect they acquired such a significance that they will now count in the history of the constitutional movement in Russia as an important milestone. Consequently it is impossible to speak of the last events wit... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Tolstoy on Shakespeare
Tolstoy on Shakespeare
A critical Essay on Shakespeare
By
LEO TOLSTOY
Translated by V. Tchertkoff and I. F. M.
Followed by
Shakespeare's Attitude to the Working Classes
By
ERNEST CROSBY
And a Letter From
G. BERNARD SHAW
NEW YORK & LONDON
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
1906
This Volume is issued by arrangement with V. Tchertkoff, sole
literary representative of Leo Tolstoy outside Russia, and
Editor of "The Free Age Press," Christchurch, Hants.
no rights reserved
Published, November, 1906
CONTENTS
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