Wellsprings of Wisdom: Fascinating Stories and Parables that Guide and Inspire

by Ralph L. Woods

brown leather bound

86 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Einzige · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather embarrassing collection of parables, padded with the works of other thinkers and even occasionally plagiarised. The original ones of the author tend to be overwrought for the message they seek to communicate so instead of concise and clear wisdom you get the following:

A stout man went in search of his vagrant puppy , and finally traced its whining plea for help to a no-longer used conduit in the woods. The frightened animal either could not or would not leave his hiding place. The man decided to go after his little dog , and forced his bulky body into the conduit but then found himself so tightly wedged in that he could no longer move forward or backward. He realised he could die in this situation, and the thought of it terrified him. In this desperate predicament the man began to think of his family: how improvident he had been and how little money he had put aside for his wife and children. The more he thought about this the more his family's welfare worried him, and the more worried the more he perspired. Finally, after hours of extreme worry and great perspiration , he had lost so much weight that he was able to crawl out of the conduit - a man now full of great resolutions.