...coincides with my own, I shall here present to you. "For my part," says he, in one of his letters, "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...

...of America By Benjamin Franklin to his daughter, Sarah Bache on January 26, 1784 For my own part, l 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...

...chosen instead, Franklin wrote to his daughter, referring to the eagle's "bad moral character," saying, "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original of America." Others prevailed...

...properly assumahle hy any hut Gen. Washington, who serv'd without Pay. Others ohject to the Bald Eagle, as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part l wish the Bald Eagle had not heen chosen as the Represemative of our Coumry. He is a Bird of had moral...

...turkey and even explained why the turkey should have been selected as the American national symbol. "I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of this Country; he is a bird of bad moral Character; he does not get his Living honestly. The humble...

...represent the order, I was not displeased that the figure looks more like a turkey than a bald eagle. For my own part I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He does not get his living honestly. He perches on some dead tree near the river, where, too lazy to fish...

...爬y 也甲卜y 恼Wbo @ ev 川ueo 训yWbenyou 协ve 用q 曲· 1152 representative [.repri'zentativ] I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country: he is a bird of bad moral character. Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of...

...lost by one congressional vote. ln his letter to his daughter, Sarah, Franklin claimed, "l 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...

...properly assumable by any but Gen. Washington, 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...

...States. In a private letter to his daughter Sarah Bache, dated January 26, 1784, Franklin "wrote, "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 Turk'y is in comparison a much more respectable Bird,...