Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin. (№ 453076)

On the other hand, having become acquainted with the lecture "On the Law of Mutual Aid" delivered at the Congress of Russian Naturalists in January 1880 by Professor Kessler, the former Dean of St. Petersburg University, I saw that it sheds new light on the whole issue. According to Kessler, in addition to the law of Mutual Struggle, in nature there is also the law of "Mutual Aid", which plays a much more important role than the law of Mutual Struggle for the success of the struggle for life, and especially for the progressive evolution of species.