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• "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste" (Desiderata)

  (Phrase Origins)
  
  

  
     "Desiderata" was written in 1927 by Max Ehrmann (1872-1945).  In
  1956, the rector of St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland, used
  the poem in a collection of mimeographed inspirational material for
  his congregation.  Someone who subsequently printed it asserted that
  it was found in Old St. Paul's Church, dated 1692.  The year 1692
  was the founding date of the church and has nothing to do with the
  poem.  See Fred D. Cavinder, "Desiderata", _TWA Ambassador_, Aug.
  1973, pp. 14-15.

  
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Phrase Origins: "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste" (Desiderata)', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 4892), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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