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Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.
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
Farther
Nails
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Firmer
Thee
Oppress
Rather
Hammered
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Nail
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