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This ruler-shaped, golden book helps us remember the "golden rule": do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
The Golden Rule is a powerful, pictureless volume that helps us measure what's really important in life.
About the author
Harold Ray Darling (1932-2016) was better known by his pen name Welleran Poltarnees. Author, founder of numerous bookstores and publishing companies, book collector, and image collector nonpareil, Darling made books for more than forty years. It was his life’s work to share his large library of vintage children’s books and paper ephemera with the world. Darling lived in both San Diego and Seattle.
Sandra Darling and her husband, Harold Darling, established Green Tiger Press in 1970. She now lives in Seattle, Washington, where she has a ten-thousand-book library that is primarily filled with illustrated children's books.
Summary
This book explores the universal advice that is known as the “Golden Rule”: do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
The Golden Rule includes different versions of this rule as expressed by different cultures and major religious and secular thinkers. The book also summarizes the different arguments and thoughts that surround this ubiquitous rule. This text needs no illustration - the words are powerful enough. Two inches tall and eight inches long, the book itself is shaped like a ruler and the text is printed in golden ink, making The Golden Rule an actual golden rule itself, vividly clear in all aspects.
The design and contents of this small book make it a perfectly unique gift and a beautiful, ready-made coffee table staple. The advice within is as pertinent and wise as ever, making this book a handy, tiny tool for measuring true greatness in life.
Foreword
- Ruler-shaped, with golden ink: literally a “golden rule"
- Features discussion and context about the "golden rule" in different cultures
- A great gift book or coffee table conversation piece
