propensities

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Propensities, Natural, effect on voluntariness of acts, 54.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

The great power of his Animal Propensities would give him strong temptations to waste; but the combination just mentioned would impose a powerful restraint.

From Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834 by Combe, George

Continuity 62 62 62 62 62 62 234   Selfish Propensities 63 64 64 64 64 64     E. Vitativeness 64 65 65 65 65 65 236 237 6.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

Propensities inherited         If some fortuitous circumstance places promising chil- 61:15 dren in the arms of gross parents, often these beautiful         children early droop and die, like tropical         flowers born amid Alpine snows.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

Some, again, associate with the thought of love 146the idea of our Lower Propensities.

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)