| 1. | Will he not also require natural aptitude for his callin. - from The Republic by Plato |
| 2. | The natural aptitude of the French for seizing the picturesqueness of things seems to be peculiarly evinced in what paintings and engravings they have of their whaling scenes. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | The art of war cannot be learned in a day, and there must be a natural aptitude for military duties. - from The Republic by Plato |
| 4. | He, who had in her opinion such a marked aptitude for a political career, in which he would have been certain to play a leading part--he had sacrificed his ambition for her sake, and never betrayed the slightest regret. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 5. | So the first task Pierre had to face was one for which he had very little aptitude or inclination--practical business. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | I hope, my dear Charlie, that under my auspices you will become a model lover--your aptitude has already proved in several ways. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous |
| 7. | Tikhon, who at first did rough work, laying campfires, fetching water, flaying dead horses, and so on, soon showed a great liking and aptitude for partisan warfare. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 8. | His recorded interest in such books, his influence with the Chinese, his energy and his own linguistic aptitude would naturally have stimulated him to undertake the task. - from Doctrina Christiana by Anonymous |
| 9. | He had what was called under the old regime, the double hand, that is to say, an equal aptitude for handling the sabre or the musket as a soldier, or a squadron or a battalion as an officer. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 10. | Each human type differs as widely in its capacities, possibilities and aptitudes as a Ford differs from a Pierce-Arrow. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |