The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle

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• Mutual aid is the origin of human ethics, and mutual support rather than struggle has led moral progress PKPeter Kropotkinc. 1890–1902
• It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support PKPeter Kropotkinc. 1890–1902
• For industrial progress, mutual aid and close contact are much more advantageous than mutual struggle PKPeter Kropotkinc. 1890–1902
• Animal species with the least individual struggle and the most mutual aid are invariably the most numerous and prosperous PKPeter Kropotkinc. 1890–1902
• Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species PKPeter Kropotkinc. 1890–1902

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