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Desiderata !
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
As far as possible, without surrender,
If you compare yourself with others,
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
Therefore be at peace with God,
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s
Urban legend relating to the Desiderata ! Most copies of the Desiderata carry ther false claim that the original was found in Old Saint Paul's Church in Baltimore in 1692. That it is unsigned and in the public domain. The poem was written in 1927 by Max Ehrmann
(1872-1945), a lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana. Confusion over Desiderata's authorship arose in 1956 when a Maryland pastor used the
poem in a collection of mimeographed material for the congregation of Old St. Paul's
Church in Baltimore. The booklet was printed on letterhead
emblazoned "Old St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, The poem was a mantra for the 60s hippie
generation and appeared on posters. The spoken version of Desiderata earned a Grammy award for Les Crane in 1971. Like many
others, he'd seen the words on a poster and mistakenly thought them to be in the public
domain. That error cost him. He was later forced to share the royalties with the late
Ehrmann's family. http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/desidera.htm The Confused History of "Desiderata" In the Public Domain or Copyrighted?
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