Desiderata, that world-famous poem that begins, 'Go placidly amid the noise and haste', must be one of the best-loved poems in the English language, revered by many as the ideal philosophy of life. Few people realise that it was written in 1927 by the Indiana poet Max Ehrmann who died in 1945 and whose work, until the 1960s, was largely forgotten.This beautiful little book brings together more of the writings of this remarkable man, revealing a love of the world and a conc...

Desiderata is a short prose poem by Max Ehrmann. Written in 1927, offers guidance for a meaningful, ethical, and peaceful life. It emphasizes on inner calm, moral integrity, and harmony with others. Ehrmann’s tone is gentle, almost meditative, blending practical advice with philosophical reflection.The poem, which could be seen as a very short self-help essay, encourages readers to accept themselves and others, “go placidly amid the noise and haste,” and avoid unne...

YOUR SIX MOST DANGEROUS ENEMIES : An After-the-Lesson Visit With “Napoleon Hill” in book “THE LAW OF SUCCESS IN SIXTEEN LESSONS” Every person on earth is afraid of something. Most fears are inherited. In this essay you may study the six basic fears which do the most damage. Your fears must be mastered before you can win in any worthwhile undertaking in life. Find out how many of the six fears are bothering you, but more important than this, determine, also how to conquer these...

The runaway bestseller "The Magic Story" was first published in 1900 in "Success Magazine". It has been constantly in print ever since. Those who read this parable are fabled to live a charmed life and enjoy extraordinary good luck from the moment they finish the book. Take the time to let the "Magic Story" work for you.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly give...

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"The Tomb" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It is the first work of fiction that Lovecraft wrote as an adult. "The Tomb" tells of Jervas Dudley, a self-confessed day-dreamer. While still a child, he discovers the entrance to a mausoleum, belonging to the family Hyde, whose nearby family mansion had burnt down many years previously. The entrance to the mausoleum is padlocked and slightly ajar. Jervas attempt...

Summary :A rich merchant lives happily with his children, three boys and three girls, until he finds himself ruined. His proud eldest daughters had not wanted to marry because they could not find a husband who was glorious enough in their eyes. Once they were poor, no one wanted to marry them. As for the younger one, Belle, who was as beautiful as she was virtuous, she preferred to stay with her father.The family left to live in the country and work the lan...

This Ebook is intended for young girls, who are about getting in for marriage or just married. There is nothing more valuable than marriage but to many people who marry expecting joy are bitterly disappointed. It is never easy to make marriage a lovely thing, and it is an achievement beyond the powers of the selfish or the mentally cowardly.Many young women are certainly taking wrong course, by their endeavors being rather to make what they consider a good match than by acquiring s...

A Christmas Sermon was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1900. Valedictory eloquence is rare, and death-bed sayings have not often hit the mark of the occasion. Charles Second, wit and sceptic, a man whose life had been one long lesson in human incredulity, an easy-going comrade, a manoeuvring kingremembered and embodied all his wit and scepticism along with more than his usual good humour in the famous "I am afraid, gentlemen, I am an unconscionable time a-dying."

This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Memory' is an essay about the curiosities of remembering and the varying abilities of memory possessed by certain individuals. William Lyon Phelps was born on 2nd January 1865, in New Haven, Conneticut, United States. Phelps earned a B.A. in 1887, writing his thesis on the Idealism of George Berkeley. He then gained an M.A. in 18...

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's feelings of guilt, or a mental distur...