He did tell him that to be honest with all concerned was far more important to him and his family than any financial consideration. He resigned, renounced any salary or payment for his expenses, and presented his views personally to the company. He went home to wait out tile obtaining of another situation. It was an instance of an effort to be honest. Politicians often pose a credibility gap with false promises, innuendoes, malicious slander and selfaggrandizement.
Advertisers falsify by every subtlety of misrepresentation.
Professional people prey on the helplessness of the ignorant and weak with exorbitant charges and meaningless actions. Taxpayers evade their legal obligations. Religionists are hypocritical. There are exceptions in every category, but dishonesty is so common in our modern society that all of us are tempted to practice it. Most of us know what it is to salve our consciences with our rationalizations.