Eight words that have changed
the lives of thousands of people
FROM THE BOOK THAT HAS BROUGHT NEW HOPE, COURAGE, ENERGY,
AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH TO MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE
TIIK eight wonns first traveled from China
in a letter. It was written liy a young woman
to a doctor who had lieen especially kind to her.
'"The words are on a brass plate," she wrote,
"in a beautiful Chinese pardon. When they were
translated for me, I remembered the lines, in
your face. How tired you looked! The nurses
told me you were in the hospital practically
day and night. When you receive this letter,
please sit down very uietly and think about
the eight words."
The next day the doctor went to his oflice
and announced that he was going on his first
vacation in many years. (A trip that he later
said probably added years to his life.)
After his retirement, Dr. Frederic I. munis
wrote an article about his personal experiences.
He included the full text of the letter from
China. No one was more surprised than he at
the immediate response to the power of these
eight simple words. Letters poured in from all
over the world telling of lives redirected . . .
of worries and tensions relaxed ... of hope
and courage renewed.
Words That DO Things for People
The eight words that changed the lives of so
many people are now included in a hook that
has come to have a special magic of its own. It is
called Light From Many Lamps. It is a book
that searches the past for the wisdom, philoso
phy, and inspiration needed for more confident
living today, and a more hopeful future. In it
you will find a treasury of thoughts and ideas
that DO things for people.
For example, do you know the Longfellow
poem that Henry Ford credited with inspiring
him to effort and achievement all his life
and that Gandhi quoted in times of illness ami
despair:1 What is the secret of self-victory that
famous novelist A. J. Cronin learned from
an old Scotsman just in time to save himself
from failure as a writer? What are the 11
words writer David Grayson discovered (in
the ancient teachings of Marcus Aurelius) that
brought him victory over pain lifter months of
illness.
Do you know the "magic motto" an ancient
monarch ordered his wise men to formulate,
for guidance in his limes of distress 5 words
that Robert Louis Stevenson recalled to ease
his pain and which comforted Abraham
Lincoln during the darkest days of the Civil
War?
A New Kind of Book
Light Fhom Many Lamps is really a new
kind of book. Its editor. Lillian Eichler Watson,
searched out the lives of great men and women
(and of ordinary everyday people) who in
a moment of crisis had uttered a phrase or
sentence, written a poem or sermon, that has
enriched and changed the lives of all who heard
or read it. The result is a book whose first edi
tion was quickly sold out. It has been a sell-out
in fourteen succeeding editions. Over one hun
dred thousand copies are now in print!
Light Fkom Many Lamps will be used by
you for the rest of your life. You will keep it
at your bedside, or on the living room table
where you can dip into it when you are de
pressed or worried, emotionally upset. You will
read or write certain passages to friends who
have had a misfortune. You will turn to it
again and again whenever you need to over
come fear, anger, anxiety, bitterness, sorrow.
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THE CONQUEST OF FEAR - A
quotation runt Emerson that re
newed tin amputee's will lu live
ami bronchi him success beyond
his hiltk-M dreams . . . Captain
Scott's in-piritip mes-age, writ
ten as he faced death in the
Antarctic. Holier! Ingt'rsoll's un
forgetlahle words o( comfort to
Ty the bereaved parent of a lit lit
h..y.
FAITH AND INNER CALM The
J passage from Matthew that mis-
J laineil Captain Eddie V. Hirken-
j backer mill helped to save the
J lives of seven men ... 5 worrit
ibal brought a suffering invalid
J aclress her urea test success and
PARTIAL COTETS
rtMoreri her peace of mind . . .
Browning's triumph oer llie los
of his wife.
CONFIDENCE AND ACHIEVE
MENT - The philosophy that
helped Kmerson, Dickens, and
Thackeray succeed . . . 9 words
thai helped to make a London
law clerk famous . . . how a great
movie slur encouraged other to
a new unri happier way of life.
LOVE AND FAMILY LIFE - Klia
belh Harretl's love poem, an in
spiration to countless lovers , . .
philosopher Will Duranl's life
long search for ibe key lo happi
ness anil hi discovery.
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CONTENTMENT IN LATER
YEARS - William Lynn I'helps'
ariiicc on how lo grow old grace
fully , . , Cicero's philosophy on
how to make old age a rich and
happy fulhllmenl . . . Browning's
inspiring words jor iIiot ap
proaching "the la-l and best of
life."
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE-8
word that -ered young KDH as
a gnidepo-t for the rest of his
life . . . David l.ilienllial's mem
orable words for tho-e who fear
Ihc future . . . Oliver Wendell
Holmes' prophetic vision of (he
future.
. . . Ami complete chaplr-rs on
I'ence of Heart ami Mind, Per
sonality and Celling Along Well
with Others, Happiness unri The
Knjoymeiit of Living, stories and
quotations from such men ami
women as Helen Keller . . .
Iternard Harm b , . . Kpietetu".
Lin Yuluiig. Kmilv Dickinson,
John Donne. Marie Curie. Kahlil
Cihran. Omar Khayvam, Lao
Tse, H. A. Overlreet. and many
others,
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