inborn character

Example Sentences

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

From California and the Californians by Jordan, David Starr

When they rule, things do not work out in accordance with set calculation or inborn character.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

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

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 Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)

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