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Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Bakunin
Age: 62 †
Born: 1814
Born: May 30
Died: 1876
Died: July 1
Anarchist
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Michael Bakunin
Michail Alexandrovich Bakunin
A. M. Bakunin
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
Ninth
Perish
Symphony
Pass
Remain
Musical
Everything
World

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