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the payroll for two or three months after he left, to 

 tide him over. This was flatly refused. My husband 

 said that under no circumstances would he do a thing 

 like that. Not only did the friendship break, but the 

 man, at a banquet tendered him by his New York 

 friends on the occasion of his departure, villified my 

 husband. Our dear friend Kaplan, who attended the 

 banquet, arose and told the guests that he knew the 

 merits of the case better, and would not allow a man's 

 name to be slandered who was blameless, especially 

 when not there to defend himself. 



And this was only one of numerous cases where 

 sincere devotion to inborn high standards in work was 

 his unfailing guide, even at the risk of jeopardizing 

 life-long friendships. 



