Chapter 3--thoughts (week 3)

The story of Ivy Lee is very interesting. He was a man of good intentions, intelligence, and wisdom, yet very misunderstood.
He represented clients that were controversial to the public, but that turned out to be legitimate. He supported the alliance with the Soviet Union, yet was looked down upon greatly because of the timing in his affairs: Russia was generating a bad communist reputation. However, years later, this alliance let to victory in the infamous WW2. During the Nazi reign in Germany, Lee's intentions were to minimize their power and influence them in a positive way...a somewhat naive, yet honest and blameless approach to bringing peace. I feel bad for the guy. His reputation has been that of a negative and even treasonous one. But he never meant to betray his country, his country's reputation, their power. He only meant good.
But I guess some people are misunderstod because of the way they go about things.
I like this guy, though. He seemed to be a non-conformist in a way. He did what was right, no matter how he was perceived initially. And most of the time, he proved worthy of his post.
I feel bad that he had to go to his grave with this terrible association with the Nazi regime, when all he was trying to do was bring peace with that nation.