inborn tendency
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His youth showed again how much more inborn tendency has to do with one's life than any external forces—such as guardianship, means, and what we call education.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
These are emotions common to all members of the human race, and their expression is an inborn tendency.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry
She has all her life been intensely religious, with a strong leaning toward pietism, and illness has still further developed this inborn tendency.
From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.
In no way was Norman's luck superior to most men's more splendidly than in that his inborn tendency to arrogant and extravagant desires was matched by an inborn capacity to get the necessary money.
From The Grain of Dust by Phillips, David Graham
Bullying as an original tendency seems to add nothing to the possibilities of development, but every other inborn tendency has its value.
From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton
