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Desiderata


 

:For the album, see Desiderata (EP).

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Desiderata is a poem or essay on attaining happiness in life. In the 1960s it became the subject of a hoax when it was claimed that it had actually been discovered in a Baltimore church in 1692. It was actually written in 1927 by Max Ehrmann (see his article for further details). A spoken-word version was recorded by Les Crane and reached #8 on the Billboard magazine charts in late 1971.

Related Topics:
1960s - Hoax - Baltimore - 1692 - 1927 - Max Ehrmann - Les Crane - Billboard magazine - 1971

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The title is Latin for "those things most needed or to be desired" (plural of desideratum).

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