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what animal is the Writer talking about and who is he?

I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of treading on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?

Update:

Benjamin Franklin. talking about The use of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as a symbol of the American colonies on his "Join, or Die" cartoon and later on The Gadsden flag.

Update 2:

In December 1775, Benjamin Franklin published an essay in the Pennsylvania Journal under the pseudonym American Guesser in which he suggested that the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the American spirit:

later the words of Benjamin Franklin where used in a song by Metallica

Don't Tread on Me

LYRICS:

Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail

Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail

Never begins it, never, but once engaged...

Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage

Threaten no more

To secure peace is to prepare for war

So be it

Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...

Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite

Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike

Shining with brightness, always on surveillance

The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR00UZ8Ysus

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  • Danny
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Sorry your rambling is nonsensical.. Too many grammatical errors to try to read all the way through..If you are quoting this then the writer would not be considered a writer in my opinion..

    Source(s): Common sense
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