Famous Quotes / John W. Dawson
John W. Dawson: "The beaver in his sagacity, his industry, his ingenuity, and his perseverance, is a most respectable animal: a much better emblem for our country than the rapacious eagle or even the lordly lion; but he is also a type of unvarying instincts and Old World traditions."
| Animal | Beaver | Better | Country |
| Eagle | Emblem | Even | Industry |
| Ingenuity | Instincts | Lion | Lordly |
| Most | Perseverance | Rapacious | Respectable |
| Sagacity | Traditions | Type | Unvarying |
| World |