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Professor Kessler

Russian zoologist, influenced Kropotkin's mutual aid theory.

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Also known as Professor Kessler

First appearance: i

Professor Kessler shows up with force in XVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A Russian zoologist whose lecture on mutual aid as a law of nature provided Kropotkin with the key to revising the Darwinian struggle for existence.
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Professor Kessler first appears in 0056 i.

In XVII: A Russian zoologist whose lecture on mutual aid as a law of nature provided Kropotkin with the key to revising the Darwinian struggle for existence.

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