nemo me impune lacesset::I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eyelids nemo me impune lacesset

nemo me impune lacesset::I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eyelids.
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.
Was i wrong, sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of america?
The poison of her teeth is the necessary means of digesting her food, and at the same time is certain destruction to her enemies.
This may be understood to intimate that those things which are destructive to our enemies, may be to us not only harmless, but absolutely necessary to our existence.
Perhaps it might be only fancy, but, i conceited the painter had shown a half formed additional rattle, which, i suppose, may have been intended to represent the province of canada.
One of those rattles singly, is incapable of producing sound, but the ringing of thirteen together, is sufficient to alarm the boldest man living.
The rattlesnake is solitary, and associates with her kind only when it is necessary for their preservation.
In winter, the warmth of a number together will preserve their lives, while singly, they would probably perish.