“I cannot emphasize it too strongly that our gifts-whether they consist in wealth, or in the ability to sing, to paint, to build, or to count-are not given unto us to be used for our pleasure merely, or as means of our advancement, weather social or intellectual. But they are given unto us that we may use them for helping those who need help.” HelpingGiftsAdvancementRussianIvanPanin Book:Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy Source: Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy