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A dying man gathered his Lawyer, Doctor and Clergyman at his
bed side and handed each of them an envelope containing
$25,000 in cash. He made them each promise that after his
death and during his repose, they would place the three
envelops in his coffin. He told them that he wanted to have
enough money to enjoy the next life.
A week later the man died. At the Wake, the Lawyer and
Doctor and Clergyman, each concealed an envelop in the
coffin and bid their old client and friend farewell.
By chance, these three met several months later. Soon the
Clergyman, feeling guilty, blurted out a confession saying
that there was only $10,000 in the envelop he placed in the
coffin. He felt, rather than waste all the money, he would
send it to a Mission in South America. He asked for their
forgiveness. The Doctor, moved by the gentle Clergymans
sincerity, confessed that he too had kept some of the money
for a worthy medical charity. The envelop, he admitted, had
only $8000 in it. He said, he too could not bring himself to
waste the money so frivolously when it could be used to
benefit others. By this time the Lawyer was seething with
self-righteous outrage. He expressed his deep
disappointment in the felonious behavior of two of his
oldest and most trusted friends. I am the only one who kept
his promise to our dying friend. I want you both to know
that the envelop I placed in the coffin contained the full
amount. Indeed, my envelop contained my personal check for
the entire $25,000.

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