inborn tendency
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Say, rather, that the species of necessity which consists in character and inborn tendency is stronger than any resolution to run counter to it.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
From the foregoing paragraph, the logical conclusion would be that there is no instinct or inborn tendency that is primarily and distinctly moral as over against those that are social.
From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton
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
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 Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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
