 | United States. Department of State - 1909 - 100 Seiten
...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...his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing-hawk; and,... | |
 | 1914 - 748 Seiten
...repeating: * "Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing-hawk; and,... | |
 | Mary Clare Wilson Spencer, Michigan State Library - 1916 - 76 Seiten
...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...moral character; he does not get his living honestly." Notwithstanding this objection by Dr. Franklin, the eagle has always constituted a prominent feature... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - 1920 - 424 Seiten
...Pay. Others object to the Bald Eagle as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative...not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perch'd on some dead Tree, near the Uiver where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour... | |
 | Willard Allen Colcord - 1925 - 520 Seiten
...the margin one of them darts upon it." Franklin did not have a high opinion of the eagle. He said : " He is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get...his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labors of the fishing-hawk;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 298 Seiten
...pay. Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing -hawk;... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 1930 - 38 Seiten
...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 constantly robbing the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration - 1958 - 44 Seiten
...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...his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing- hawk,... | |
 | Rudolf Friedrich Kurz - 1970 - 448 Seiten
...I wish the hald eagle had not heen chosen as the representative of our country; he Is a hird of had moral character; he does not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk; and,... | |
 | Susan H. Anderson - 1978 - 116 Seiten
.... .," 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...his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing-hawk; and,... | |
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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... 
