Mikhail Lermontov: I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom...

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doo — Mikhail Lermontov

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom...

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