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

I know it is with certain human beings as with horses, some trick of the blood they have, some inborn tendency; the more their wants are satisfied, the more their wantonness will out.

From Hiero by Dakyns, Henry Graham

The neuropath is the individual with an inborn tendency to the neurosis.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.

At last she felt his inborn tendency; the early religious background which influenced his temperament.

From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart

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