inborn tendency

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But it suffered from an inborn tendency to exuberance which the long 464 practice of oratory had confirmed.

From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Of these three forces, the first is the result of an inborn tendency to deviate from the ancestral type; an orderly process with a definite intention, by no means a mere chance fluctuation.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

An inborn tendency to scepticism did not prevent him from yielding to an influence which originally was farther removed from the inclinations of his soul than the vulgar bustle of everyday life.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

There is probably no inborn tendency whereby these responses of increased vigor and satisfaction are aroused in connection with any kind of activity.

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

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

From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart