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History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

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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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Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.
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The best life is that which makes the best of life.
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