Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. The eagle-patron of arts (№ 395810)

And now I think about the eagles: "the Eagles the eagles the essence, and that's all. They are predatory, carnivorous, but have in the justification that nature gave them only antivegetativa. And as they, at the same time strong, farsighted, quick and ruthless, it is very natural that with the appearance of them, all feathered Kingdom in a hurry to conceal. And it comes from fear, not from admiration, as say the poets. And the eagles always live in alienation, in inaccessible places, hospitality is not doing, but Rob, and in his free time asleep robbery".