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The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.
Ivan Panin
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Ivan Panin
Age: 86 †
Born: 1855
Born: December 12
Died: 1942
Died: October 30
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Tsarist Russia
Ivan Nikolayevich Panin
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