DEUT1631 To be sure, "The imagination (inclination) of man's heart is evil from his youth" (Genesis iii. 21); but when canalized towards righteous paths, this propensity to evil can be curbed by good example and constant reminder of the true moral standard. Our evaluation of the divine soul within us saves us from the belief in the depravity of human nature, a state of mind responsible for much that is harmful around us. Why should one strive towards perfection when tainted by "original sin"? Why practise restraint when one is credited with descent from an anthropoid ape? Robbed of the ethical incentive of noblesse oblige, man will behave as befits one springing from lowly origins. Judaism warns us that human nature is susceptible to sin and emphasizes that the soul was given to us in a pure condition and it is our bounden duty to keep it pure. "Behold", says the wisest of all men (Eccl. vii. 29), "this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions." Once we admit moral freedom, we must automatically admit moral responsibility. One is a corollary of the other. Freedom of will is not negatived by a staunch belief in divine Providence. Both are correlative and complementary. (For further reference on this subject see: [this verse], Jer. xviii.7-11; Prov. v. 22; Abot iii. 19: iv.I.) Not all who mock their chains are free. To possess freedom without moral responsibility is to be forced often to place manacles on our hands to keep them from trembling.