inborn tendency
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Of these three forces, the first is the result of an inborn tendency to deviate from the ancestral type; an orderly process with a definite intention, by no means a mere chance fluctuation.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
I know it is with certain human beings as with horses, some trick of the blood they have, some inborn tendency; the more their wants are satisfied, the more their wantonness will out.
From Hiero by Henry Graham Dakyns
There is probably no inborn tendency whereby these responses of increased vigor and satisfaction are aroused in connection with any kind of activity.
From How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer
But it suffered from an inborn tendency to exuberance which the long 464 practice of oratory had confirmed.
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
But he suffered--had always suffered--from the jealous reserve which underlay her charm, her inborn tendency to secretiveness and intrigue.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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