inborn character
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It is impossible in the present state of knowledge to answer these questions satisfactorily, but the balance of evidence appears to favour the view that sex is an unalterable, inborn character.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Did this change of the environment alter their inborn character?
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
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 Paul Popenoe
It appears only in later life, but it is none the less an inborn character.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
What we mean by an inborn character is one whose expression is due to something which is present in the germ-plasm; one which is inherent and due to heredity.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
