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Blood will tell. Prov. A person whose ancestors had certain characteristics, often bad ones, will eventually turn out to be similar. Lisa's father was a gambler, and now Lisa has started to gamble, too. Blood will tell. William went to all the best schools, but he's just as vulgar as the rest of his family. Blood will tell. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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14) In both Durham's The Call of the South (1908, 1914) and Davenport's Blood Will Tell (1902, 1908), the white heroines' respective husbands are white-skinned men of mixed-race ancestry. |
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