Critics found his writing to be sanitized and disingenuous and thought that statements such as "the underlying, essential element of success in business is to follow the established laws of high-class dealing" seemed to be at odds with his true business methods.
Kritičari su smatrali njegovo pisanje dezinficiranim i neiskrenim i mislili da su izjave poput "temeljni, bitni element uspjeha u poslovanju je slijediti utvrđene zakone poslovima visoke klase" u sukobu s njegovim pravim poslovnim metodama.