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statistical results of the French industrial census of 

 1896 permits me to give now, for France, most re- 

 markable numerical data, showing the real relative 

 importance of the great and the small industries. 



And finally, the recent publication of the results of 

 the third industrial census made in Germany in 1907 

 gives me the data for showing how the German small 

 industries have been keeping their ground for the last 

 twenty-five years a subject which I could touch only 

 in a general way in the first editions. The results of 

 this census, compared with the two preceding ones, 

 as also some of the conclusions arrived at by com- 

 petent German writers, are indicated in the Appendix. 

 So also the results recently arrived at in Switzerland 

 concerning its home industries. 



As to the need, generally felt at this moment, of an 

 education which would combine a wide scientific instruc- 

 tion with a sound knowledge of manual work a 

 question which I treat in the last chapter it can be 

 said that this cause has already been won in this 

 country during the last twenty years. The principle 

 is generally recognised by this time, although most 

 nations, impoverished as they are by their armaments, 

 are much too slow in applying the principle in life. 



P. KROPOTKIN. 

 BRIGHTON, October, 1912. 



