Project Gutenberg 2016-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 148 Foster, Charles 1822 1887 New Lights on Old Paths Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "New Lights on Old Paths" by Charles Foster is a collection of moral tales and fables written in the late 19th century. The work aims to revisit and apply timeless morals to contemporary life, suggesting that the author believes in the importance of applying old truths rather than seeking new ones. Each story is accompanied by illustrations, driving home key lessons intended for personal reflection and growth. The opening of the book introduces a fable about an innkeeper who must choose which type of guests he will welcome into his establishment. On one side, he has the honest farm people who are good for his business but avoid drinking, while on the other are the trouble-making men from the nearby forest who are rowdy and may cause him more trouble than profit. The innkeeper wrestles with his choice, ultimately deciding to favor the farm people for their virtuous behavior and consistent patronage. This tale sets the stage for the overarching themes in the collection: the importance of morals in decision-making and the challenges of maintaining integrity in the face of temptation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Category: Short Stories 415519 2025-08-20T12:59:38.175449 text/html 391169 2024-10-22T23:48:25 text/html 31362051 2025-08-20T12:59:54.604369 application/epub+zip 31361341 2025-08-20T12:59:42.156403 application/epub+zip 330851 2025-08-20T12:59:40.065424 application/epub+zip 31439082 2025-08-20T13:00:02.786353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31302650 2025-08-20T12:59:52.368367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322268 2022-09-23T08:34:37.670285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298778 2025-08-20T12:59:35.488421 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278950 2024-10-22T23:48:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15701 2025-08-20T13:00:03.030302 application/rdf+xml 17659 2025-08-20T12:59:40.195419 image/jpeg 2716 2025-08-20T12:59:40.130432 image/jpeg 30328514 2025-08-20T12:59:39.284446 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog