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Chapter 138

Chapter 14 Section 11 Meticulous old friend?
Balzac said: "Keeping your promise is like defending your honor."? ?

The German philosopher Kant was going to a small town called Purffin to visit his old friend Wilhelm?Peters had previously written to Peters saying he would arrive by 3 a.m. on March 2. ?
Kant arrived in the small town of Purffin on March 3, and the next morning he rented a carriage and drove to Peters' home.William's family lived on a farm 1 miles away from the town, separated by a river from the town.When the carriage came to the river, the careful coachman said: "Sir, I'm really sorry, I can't go any further, because the bridge is broken and it is very dangerous."?
Kant got out of the carriage and looked at the bridge. It was indeed broken in the middle.Although the river is not wide, the water is deep. ?
"Are there any other bridges nearby?" Kant asked anxiously. ?
The coachman replied, "Yes, sir. There is another bridge six miles upriver."?
Kant glanced at his pocket watch, it was already 10 o'clock. ?
"If we cross that bridge, when can we get to the farm?"?
"I think it's about 12:[-]."?
Kant asked again: "If we pass the bridge in front of us, when can we reach it at the fastest speed?"?
The coachman replied: "It will take 40 minutes at the fastest."?
After hearing what the coachman said, Kant thought for a while, then ran to a dilapidated farmhouse by the river, and politely asked the owner, "How much do you want to sell this house?"?
The peasant woman was taken aback: "Why do you want to buy such a shabby house?"?
"Don't ask why, are you willing to sell or not?"?
"Then give 200 francs!"?
Kant paid the money and said: "If you can immediately remove a few long logs from the house and repair the bridge within 20 minutes, I will return the house to you."?
When the peasant woman heard this, she was surprised and very happy, so she called her two sons and asked them to repair the bridge on time. ?
The carriage crossed the bridge safely and galloped on the country road. At 10:50, Kant arrived at his old friend's house. ?
Peters, who was waiting at the door, said happily: "Dear friend, you are really punctual!"?
In the days when Kant met his old friend, he never mentioned to him the experience of buying a house and demolishing wood to cross the river in order to be punctual. ?
Later, Peters overheard the story of the peasant woman by the river, and wrote a letter to Kant with emotion.The letter said: "You are too polite, and you are still punctual as always. In fact, a date between old friends can be forgiven for being late, not to mention that you have encountered an accident."?
Kant, who has always been meticulous, wrote this sentence in his reply to an old friend: "In my opinion, in a certain sense, it can be said that punctuality is the greatest courtesy to old friends or strangers. "?
Mind walk?

From a psychological point of view, "honesty and trustworthiness" is the embodiment of a person's character and virtue. ?
Most people like people who "do what they say" and people who are honest. Few people can use a tolerant attitude to forgive people who cannot fulfill a certain agreement.Napoleon said: "I never promise easily, because the promise will become a mistake that cannot be extricated." It can be seen that the terrible consequences of not fulfilling the promise. ?
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