Treatment trends come and go, but nature is forever, and the allure of daffodils endures. Today's miracle cures may become tomorrow's poisons—but daffodils become more delightful over the decades. William Wordsworth recognized the value of daffodilsover two centuries ago when he penned his poem about "Daffodils" and lamented how he "wandered lonely as a cloud" ... until he came upon a crowd of daffodils.Cloud." Written in 1804, it became the most-read poem in the English language. It remains as popular today as ever. Wordsworth's words relieved the deep and dark depression experienced by John Stuart Mills (1806-1873), naturally and without any professional therapeutic intervention (which was very limited at the time). Mills went on to become the 19th century's most significant English-speaking philosopher—but who knows what might have become of him were it not for Wordsworth and his daffodils.
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