inborn tendency

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From the foregoing paragraph, the logical conclusion would be that there is no instinct or inborn tendency that is primarily and distinctly moral as over against those that are social.

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

His youth showed again how much more inborn tendency has to do with one's life than any external forces—such as guardianship, means, and what we call education.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various

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

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

From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart

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