Whether the story is completely true or partly true or not true at all-
Whether one can or can’t do this thing-
Whether there are gedolim that would approve of this man’s “contribution”-
I think that the fact that someone appreciates the importance of a gadol hador’s contribution to the entire klal as being greater than his own protiyus is an incredible maalah. In shamayim it might not be true, but to judge from what we know here, I can’t understand how one could not sympathize with this man’s feelings.