inborn character

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The way in which she was throwing herself at Larssen during his absence for a few weeks was typical of her inborn character, which nothing could uproot.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

An acquired character is simply a modification, due to some cause external to the germ-plasm acting on an inborn character.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

Did this change of the environment alter their inborn character?

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

A well-nourished mother, free from care and disease, may have a finer child than a half-starved woman, crushed by worry and work, but neither starvation nor nourishment alter the inborn character of the child.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

With plenty of elbow-room the Californian works out his own inborn character.

From California and the Californians by Jordan, David Starr