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Columbia Encyclopedia: Westcott, Edward Noyes,
1846–98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd, humorous country banker.
 
 
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(1846-1898)

1898David Harum, a Story of American Life. Published posthumously, Westcott's only novel is about an upstate New York banker given to homely sayings. Westcott himself was a successful Syracuse, New York, banker. Its immediate popular success prompts a 1900 stage version and a film adaptation starring Will Rogers.

 
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"A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe."

"Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast."

 
 

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