 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1909 - 1112 pages
...Cincinnati : Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like the dindon, or turkey. 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 on some dead... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1909 - 100 pages
...eagle resembled a turkey. For my part [wrote Benjamin Franklin January a6, 1784, to his daughter], 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... | |
 | Mary Clare Wilson Spencer, Michigan State Library - Flags - 1916 - 76 pages
...Franklin is said to have protested against adopting him as the emblem of America, saying : "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." Notwithstanding this objection by Dr. Franklin,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - American literature - 1920 - 424 pages
...any but Gen. Washington, [and a few others] who serv'd without Pay. Others object to the Bald Eagle as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For...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 perch'd on some dead... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 298 pages
...any 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...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 1930 - 38 pages
...and refers to the opinion of Benjamin Franklin, who wrote — Now this is what Franklin said : 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 and does not make his living honestly. After speaking of the eagle's habits in... | |
 | Land use - 1976 - 352 pages
...be a more reputable symbol of a vigorous new nation. In a letter to Sarah Bache, Franklin lamented: "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by robbing, he is generally poor, and often very... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration - Corn - 1958 - 44 pages
...was veryanuch opposed to the eagle. His choice was a turkey. Franklin wrote in 1784: ) 1 wish that 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. House Administration - 1958 - 44 pages
...Franklin was very much opposed to the eagle. His choice was a turkey. Franklin wrote in 1784: 1 wish that 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... | |
 | Susan H. Anderson - Carpets - 1978 - 116 pages
.... .," pp. 58, 68. 11. Not everyone agreed, however. Benjamin Franklin for one, was horrified: "... 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... | |
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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... 
