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The desiderata of happiness

by Max Ehrmann, Peter Friebe

PhilosophyPoetryPhilosophy -- Poetry.American poetryChildren's poetry, AmericanConduct of lifeJuvenile poetryChildren's poetry

Presents the text of the well-known inspirational poem that advises one to "go placidly amid the noise and haste" because "you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars."

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Book data: Open Library