 | William Baird - Libraries--Special collections--Rare books - 1858 - 642 pages
...national symbol, though Benjamin Franklin does not seem proud of the emblem. " For my part," he says, " I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | William Jones Rhees - 1859 - 96 pages
...Eagle or White-headed Eagle. It has its wings extended. Benjamin Franklin thus speaks: — " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country, lie is a, bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Animals - 1860 - 384 pages
...his illgotten booty silently away to the woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as...the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched upon some... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 294 pages
...but General Washington, and a few others, who served without pay. Others object to the bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon or turkey. For my...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 pages
...following character, given to it by the celebrated Benjamin Franklin : — " For my part (says he) I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1862 - 568 pages
...national emblem of his country : " For my own part (he wrote in the seventy-eighth year of his age), I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1862 - 608 pages
...national emblem of his country : " For my own part (he wrote in the seventy-eighth year of his age), I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country 5 he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him... | |
 | Universalism - 1867 - 978 pages
...grieve that it should have been selected as the emblem of my country." Dr. Franklin says : — "For my part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as...the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly." [To be continued.] QOLDELSE. Translated... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1870 - 400 pages
...his illgotten booty silently away to the Woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as...the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does . not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched upon some... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Zoology - 1872 - 396 pages
...his illgotten booty silently away to the woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as...the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. . You may have seen him perched upon some... | |
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I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly... 
