painful depravity?
painful spoiled?
painful mar?
Does the ''corruption'' in this case mean - something that has been changed from its original for; has marred over time (ruining, degrading of integrity, beauty or perfection over time)?
Context:
'' I force myself, however painfully, to make this distinction — even when they are applied to a pure and genuine, God-given, or shall I say God- inflicted genius, and not to an acquired kind, the sinful and morbid corruption of natural gifts, the issue of a horrible bargain... ''
Thomas Mann - Doctor Faustus
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