"Since Benjamin Franklin’s eloquent bad-mouthing of the bird when the time came to select a national emblem, the Bald …"

"I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; …"

"Yet spirit immortal, the tomb can not bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun Thou springest from b…"

"And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them a…"

"... I fear that it cannot truthfully be asserted that eagles are absolutely harmless with regard to young lambs, , an…"

"The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad."

"The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby."

"Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, t…"

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The …"

"When God made the oyster, he guaranteed his absolute economic and social security. He built the oyster a house, his s…"