THERE were about 20,000 people at the racetrack that day. I was standing near a sign that read “Lost and Found” when I noticed an elderly woman approaching. She obviously was upset about something. I learned that she had lost a bag in which she had put her keys, her wallet and $116 (U.S.). She had tried to retrace her steps, hoping to find the bag. But when that failed, someone suggested she go to “Lost and Found.” Had someone found the bag? If so, would he turn it in?

Well, you can just imagine the look on her face when the man in charge handed her the bag, with the keys, the wallet and the money​—all of it—​inside! She excitedly thanked him over and over again.

I was not the only one to observe loyalty to principles such as honesty. In particular did I find it moving to read reports of honesty displayed by young children attending the conventions.

Try to imagine the scene in Portland, Oregon: Marcy, only eight years old, brings to the Lost and Found department two crumpled and folded bills totaling $11 (U.S.), which she had found at the entrance to the convention grounds; a few minutes later a young boy, eight years old, brings in a one-dollar bill that he had found in the hallway; another young boy, 10 years old, brings two quarters that he had found near a refreshment stand; Angela, 10 years old, brings a digital watch that she had found near one of the drinking fountains; an attendant is approached by an eight-year-old boy who holds out two dimes and says, “I found these in the [soda] machine and they don’t belong to me. Could you put them in the contribution box for me?”