The Reflections of a Lonely Man
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121 Digitized by Google REFLECTIONS OF A LONELY MAN There are honest fellows who, in the manipulation of their table utensils, do not always comply with the requirements of polite usage, and who still refrain from cheat- ing in their dealings ; but that it is not stat- utory law which restrains these persons is evidenced by the fact that they are precisely the men who know least about the law and care least about its intricacies. They are honest simply because they think it is right to be hones...t.
If, instead of enacting any more laws for the purpose of making ourselves pay our debts, we should get into the habit of simply paying them, and considering it immoral not to pay them, the practice of promptly paying just claims might presently become as nearly uni- versal as is the practice of " tipping " negro waiters and sleeping car porters. Neither statutory law nor conscience compels us to give " tips," but custom does — and we do it.
In our idolatry of statutory law, it may be well to bear in mind that a statute is 122 Digitized by Google BOOKS, IDEALISM, GOVERNMENT nothing but a politician's words preserved in ink ; its potency is what the public conscience gives it, and no more.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
121 Digitized by Google REFLECTIONS OF A LONELY MAN There are honest fellows who, in the manipulation of their table utensils, do not always comply with the requirements of polite usage, and who still refrain from cheat- ing in their dealings ; but that it is not stat- utory law which restrains these persons is evidenced by the fact that they are precisely the men who know least about the law and care least about its intricacies. They are honest simply because they think it is right to be hones...t.
If, instead of enacting any more laws for the purpose of making ourselves pay our debts, we should get into the habit of simply paying them, and considering it immoral not to pay them, the practice of promptly paying just claims might presently become as nearly uni- versal as is the practice of " tipping " negro waiters and sleeping car porters. Neither statutory law nor conscience compels us to give " tips," but custom does — and we do it.
In our idolatry of statutory law, it may be well to bear in mind that a statute is 122 Digitized by Google BOOKS, IDEALISM, GOVERNMENT nothing but a politician's words preserved in ink ; its potency is what the public conscience gives it, and no more.
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