1. Why does Leacock want to start Back to Honesty Movement?

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What was the painful thought that disturbed Stephen Leacock?
Stephen Leacock, in his humorous essay, My Lost Dollar, brings to
our attention, the fact that people often borrow small amount like a
dollar or two and forget to pay it.
The author begins the essay by narrating an incident that occurred to
him. Once, when his friend Todd was leaving for Bermuda, he
borrowed a dollar from Leacock to pay his taxi and the author readily
lent it to him. When Todd returned after three weeks, he did not have
any recollection of the dollar borrowed from the author and had cleanly
forgotten it- of course, unintentionally. The author made several
attempts to give a hint to Todd about the dollar but in vain. Finally, the
author gave up and simply added Todd to the list of the people who
owed him a dollar but had forgotten to repay.
But then, a painful thought struck Leacock all of a sudden that just as
Todd has forgotten to repay his dollar, it is possible that there must be
some people to whom he himself owes a dollar and has completely
forgotten. Leacock is sure that he would never remember to repay the
dollar on this side of the grave. He therefore says that he would like to
start a general movement called Back to Honesty Movement for
paying all those odd dollars borrowed in the moments of expansion.
After all, one should never forget that the greatest nations were built on
the solid foundation of honesty.
Leacock sums up in a humorous style by requesting the reader not to
be careless enough to leave the copy of the book containing this essay
at a place where it might be seen by Todd.