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Suppose the young man has promised his mother and father that he would
not drive fast--never above thirty miles an hour--suppose it was on this
distinct understanding that their anxiety was allayed and he was trusted
to take the car by himself wherever he liked?
Does it make any difference to him whether he breaks a promise--to his
mother and father?
He can say to himself that it is only a natural fussiness on their part,
and as they are not in the car, they won't know anything about it.
But sooner or later they do know about it; such things nearly always
have a way of coming to light. It is an old saying which has been very
generally confirmed that, in the long run, "the truth will out." One of
the girls in the car tells somebody how fast they went and that somebody
refers to it before others until it gets to the boy's mother and
father. What harm to the boy? A little scolding, perhaps, and a
repetition of the warning and the promise?
That's only the superficial consequence. There is a deeper and more
remote one.


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