Both Uses of
propensity
in
Moby Dick
- There was excellent blood in his veins—royal stuff; though sadly vitiated, I fear, by the cannibal propensity he nourished in his untutored youth.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- Hereby perhaps Stubb indirectly hinted, that though man loved his fellow, yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.†
Chpt 91-93
Definition:
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(propensity) an inclination to behave in a certain way