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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... "
... The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and a Sketch of Franklin's Life ... - Page 242
by Benjamin Franklin - 1886
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...pay. Others object "to the bald eagle,' as lodking too much like a Dindon or turkey. For my own patt, I wish the- bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country • he in a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly ; you. may have seen him perched...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...pay. Others object to the bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon or turkey. For my own part, 1 wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country j he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him...
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The Friend of Peace, Volume 2

Peace - 1821 - 524 pages
...M'Fingal, Canto II. THE AMERICAN EAGLE." FOB my own part," said Dr.' Franklin, " I wish the bald Eagle fed not been chosen as the Representative of our country....of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestll. You max Voi.n.jVo.r. * have seen him perched on a dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for...
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The North American Review, Volume 24

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...nation. i " Others object to the Bald Eagle," says he, " as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of a bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some...
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The North American Review, Volume 24

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 532 pages
...nation. ' " Others object to the Bald Eagle," says he, " as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of a bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some...
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Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 550 pages
...who served without 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...country ; he is a bird of bad moral character: he docs not get his living honestly: you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...who served without 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 of our country ; he is n bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly : you may have seen him perched...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 21

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1832 - 648 pages
...Bird». notice of the same bird, by л great political sage. " ' For my own part,' says Franklin, ' I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country : he is a bird of a bad moral character; he does not get in- living honestly, you may have seen him perched on some dead...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...didactic notice of the same bird, by a great political sage. ' " For my own part," says Franklin, " I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of a bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly : you may have seen him perched on some...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 41

1850 - 758 pages
...others who served without pay. Others object to the bald eagle, as looking like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been...the representative of our country : he is a bird of l>ad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead...
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