more often in the hearts of decent men. Daily, neighbors and friends commit

small acts of immorality as well as unspeakable crimes. At one time or another,

everyone strays from the straight and narrow path of excellence and holiness.

Whether it be gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, or lust, everyone gives in

to the evil nature of man kind. Henry David Thoreau believed that sin is

necessary to the development of the soul. When Thoreau wrote, "We cannot

well do without out sins; they are the highway of our virtue," he illustrated the

idea that sin develops virtue, as well as delivers one from despair, monotony,

and even immorality. It is indeed the sinner who is truly virtuous. Sins are the

tools with which one builds the foundation of his or her life. Sins compel one to

Henry David Thoreau introduced the concept that there is no sin but

embrace it. A life absolutely free from every feeling of sin belongs to people who

much more exciting; they begin to believe in anything. With this freedom people

invariability and individualism. One of the extraordinary sins of the twentieth

lifeless pawn in a game of chess between society and God.

blessed with the will for righteousness. Through their scarlet past they become

strive for and will continue to live in a world of despair. Through his sins the evil

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as the good hold on to their fears of damnation they sentence themselves to a

man relieves himself of his burdens, and frees himself to pursue his goals. Only

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