 | Laura Erickson - Nature - 410 pages
...number two position. Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to his daughter, Sarah, in 1764, "l wish that 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 sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and... | |
 | Bruce E. Beans - Nature - 1997 - 332 pages
...Referring to the propensity of eagles to steal fish caught by the smaller osprey, or fish hawk, he wrote: 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 perch'd on some dead... | |
 | Bruce Stutz - History - 1998 - 404 pages
...the bald eagle to the Delaware River valley. For my otvn part, I tvish the 'Bald Eagle had not heen chosen as the 'Representative of our (Country; he is a 'Bird of had moral (Character; he does not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perch 'd on some dead... | |
 | Alan Feduccia - Nature - 1999 - 220 pages
...quoted by Sparks: "Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much a 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. . . . For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird,... | |
 | Edna Barth - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2000 - 108 pages
...supreme. Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey would have been a good symbol for our nation. He said: "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 Sharping and Robbing, he is generally poor and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...properly assumable by any but General Washington, 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... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 607 pages
...provoked one of Franklin's most famous riffs about America's values and the question of a national bird: 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... | |
 | Allan Gould - Humor - 2003 - 205 pages
...since Franklin's touching words have been in the public domain for over two centuries: "I 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... | |
 | Lester C. Olson - Art - 2004 - 350 pages
...States by concentrating on honesty, industriousness, and courage as features of national character: "For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been...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... | |
 | Thomas M. Tomlinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 328 pages
...matters. Mr. Benjamin Franklin held out some rather compelling reasons. He was quoted as 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; you may see him perched on some dead tree,... | |
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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... 
