Max
Ehrmann
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Son of Max Ehrmann
and Margaretha (Lutz) Ehrmann
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Bertha King
— married
3 Jun 1945 in Vigo, Indiana, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Max Ehrmann was born in Indiana..
Max Ehrmann is Notable.
Max was born in 1872 to Max and Margaret Ehrmann. He was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired"). He often wrote on spiritual themes.
Education
Max was of German descent; both his parents emigrated from Bavaria in the 1840s. He was educated at the Terre Haute Fourth District School and the German Methodist Church.
He received a degree in English from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, which he attended from 1890 to 1894.
Ehrmann then studied philosophy and law at Harvard University.
Work
Max returned to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1898 to practice law. He was a deputy state's attorney in Vigo County, Indiana, for two years. Subsequently, he worked in his family's meatpacking business and in the overalls manufacturing industry (Ehrmann Manufacturing Co.). At age 40, Ehrmann left the business to write. At age 55, he wrote Desiderata, which achieved fame only after his death.
From 1917 to 1918, he was registered with the United States WWI Draft.[1]
Family Life
He married Bertha Pratt King on 2 Jun 1945 in Vigo, Indiana.[2]
In the 1900 Census, he was 28 years old living as a roomer in Terri Haute.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:74J2-K72M : 18 October 2019), Max Ehrmann, 1917-1918.
- ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KV-GY6 : 10 December 2017), Max Ehrmann and Bertha Pratt King, 03 Jun 1945; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007030789.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M99X-Y4Z : accessed 27 November 2020), Max Ehrman, Harrison Township Terre Haute city Ward 7, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 13A, family 208, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,409.
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Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
By Max Ehrmann © 1927 Original text
Public Domain