inborn tendency
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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
In fact, Professor Cook has recently suggested that the inborn tendency to variation is sufficient in itself to account for evolution, this tendency being either repressed or stimulated as external conditions are stable or variable.
From Animals of the Past by Lucas, Frederic A.
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 Strayer, George Drayton
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
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
