It is believed by many that if there were no laws at all to enforce collection, there would be many less bad debts; even now a debt of honor is held by public opinion to have precedence of those which the law claims the right to enforce.
Woodhull posits that the absence of collection laws could reduce bad debts, highlighting the influence of public opinion on honor.
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