BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY

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  • Born: March 25, 1879
  • Died: October 2, 1952
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet
Biography

Bessie Anderson Stanley was an American writer, the author of the poem Success (What is success? or What Constitutes Success?), which is often incorrectly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson or Robert Louis Stevenson.

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