Heredity, evil associations, and bad habits exert powerful negative influences that explain why some individuals become degraded and slow to improve.
Draft interpretation · MH 168.4
Original passage
We need to put ourselves in the place of the tempted ones. Consider the power of heredity, the influence of evil associations and surroundings, the power of wrong habits. Can we wonder that under such influences many become degraded? Can we wonder that they should be slow to respond to efforts for their uplifting?
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