inborn character

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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

A well-nourished mother, free from care and disease, may have a finer child than a half-starved woman, crushed by worry and work, but neither starvation nor nourishment alter the inborn character of the child.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

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

From California and the Californians by Jordan, David Starr

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

Did this change of the environment alter their inborn character?

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul