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Max Ehrmann

Max Ehrmann

US
Birth: 1872-09-26 , Terre Haute
Death: 1945-09-09 , Terre Haute
Max Ehrmann was an American poet, writer, and lawyer, best known for his poem "Desiderata". He was born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he spent most of his life.
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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

often wrongly dated to 1692, the date of foundation of a church in Baltimore whose vicar circulated the poem in 1956 ‘Desiderata’ (1948)

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City and Everyday Life Serenity and Inner Peace Silence

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