Jerry White, in his book Honesty Morality & Conscience tells two memorable stories. The first is from author Mark Twain. Twain says that when he was a boy, he was walking along a street and happened to spy a cart full of watermelons. He was fond of watermelon, so he sneaked quietly up to the cart and snatched one of the melons. Holding it in his arms he then ran into a nearby alley and sank his teeth into it. No sooner had he done so, however, when a strange feeling came over him. Without a moment’s hesitation, he had a change of heart. He walked back to the cart, replaced the melon and took a ripe one.

The second story concerns baseball slugger Ted Williams. Williams was forty years old and closing out his career with the Boston Red Sox. He was suffering from a pinched nerve in his neck.…