inborn character
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When they rule, things do not work out in accordance with set calculation or inborn character.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
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)
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
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
Did this change of the environment alter their inborn character?
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
