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Definition of Natural ability
1. Noun. Ability that is inherited.
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Literary usage of Natural ability
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1. A Contrast Between Calvinism and Hopkinsianism by Ezra Stiles Ely (1811)
"Then ; what is natural ability ? natural ability ia the intellectual, and bodily
strength of man to perform every action which God requires of him. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"An engraved portrait was published in 1841. personal character, great natural
ability, sound judgment, moderation, forbearance, and other qualities making ..."
3. The Boston Review (1863)
"natural ability. THE tendency of our religious faith, ... natural ability — what
is it ? Tliis phraseology is intended to express the power which all men ..."
4. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1907)
"Ability or inability t In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians,
the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the ..."
5. Ethics by John Dewey, James Hayden Tufts (1908)
"natural ability and Virtue.—There is a tendency to use the term virtue in an
abstract "moralistic" sense—a way which makes it almost Pharisaic in character. ..."
6. System of Christian Theology by Henry Boynton Smith, William Stevens Karr (1890)
"Though the sinner has the natural ability (in the sense assigned) to repent and
believe, yet, on account of his depravity, for the exercise of that ability, ..."
7. Views in Theology by Lyman Beecher (1836)
"natural ability. I COMMENCE with the subject of Free Agency, or the Natural
Ability of man, as the foundation of obligation and moral government. ..."
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