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As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows.
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
Fellows
Darkened
Thou
Eagerly
Paper
Sought
Though
Presses
White
Forth
Black
Useful
Made
Adversity
Perused
Life
Press
Cometh
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