HONESTY A PRINCIPLE, NOT POLICY.
(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)
Sib,—A short time since a young man —a friend of the writer's—now in
the Auckland police force, found a belt containing between £CCt). and £400. iv gold and notes, which he at once returned to the owner (a hard working, industrious man, who was unaware of his great loss) refusing all pecuniary reward. It is often said, and truly, "that honesty is the best policy," but in the above case it is evident that the finder did not act from motives of " policy," but from a high sense of noble principle and duty to his fellow man, and which is the purport of the following lines : — The > ac legion is to love Thy God and fellow man; E\"iip]e bcfoic p ecept is Ej iar the beU-r pla i. Dr r r f i"ud' I w tIC a !»°3o.i learn From that good deed of tv ac: The sejo id Uw Hie " Te.ich<v" tauarh^B 11 noly Paiest'ae. To love i y neighbor w. s i' y l?w, A loth^i's ughls no ;,./ j ; A conscience cleav i\y i xli reward, A id hands n* Jiouu a s i \\. The Loid vi' not oVlook tby deed, Nor yei fo j,et thy na nj; He love;-? the man of honest, herrt, And owns ha lav,»'ul game. D. S. C. May 11th, 1877.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2605, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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230HONESTY A PRINCIPLE, NOT POLICY. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2605, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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