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
An inborn tendency to scepticism did not prevent him from yielding to an influence which originally was farther removed from the inclinations of his soul than the vulgar bustle of everyday life.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
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
Betty's case furnishes an illustration of an inborn tendency, fostered neither by precept nor example, persistently to attempt the impossible, and to fret and fume when forced to discontinue.
From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln
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
