The chinks in human character subtly become cracks and may gradually widen with time. The human cultivates his own corruption. The dark line is drawn on development’s pavement; we have only to step across.
Yet the question is posed: is corruption negative? Is the flawless character necessarily perfect? Or is there some virtue in delving down into the world’s dregs and emerging once again into the judgmental sun?
The experienced and reformed character is the strongest. Those whose walls have been breached know where to shore up extra supports. Yet the reformed character is a rare breed. Like plagued rats in a fortress, corruption lodges itself in unseen areas and only comes out in the mind’s night. The reformed character must be a willing and able exterminator.
The untempered character is weak and malleable. Unanswered questions will always lurk in his dreams. His hut is built on sand, and a gust of wind may blow it down. But, at the moment, it is ignorantly free of disease.
Both types have their flaws.
The untempered character cannot possibly expect to persist in his purity for he is forced by his inexperience to ponder the world. This is shown by the rampant pedophilia of the priestly class. Man is a worldly creature, nothing more.
The reformed character is rare to the point of unreality. His experience is his temptation and often leads to his downfall.
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