Edward Noyes Westcott

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    Do unto the other feller the way he’d like to do unto you, an’ do it fust.
    —Edward Noyes Westcott (1847–1898)

    Massachusetts sat waiting Mr. Loring’s decision.... It was really the trial of Massachusetts. Every moment that she hesitated to set this man free, every moment that she now hesitates to atone for her crime, she is convicted. The commissioner on her case is God; not Edward G. God, but simply God.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The linnet and the throstle, too, and after dark the long halloo
    And golden-eyed tu-whit, tu-whooof owls that ogle London.
    —Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)

    A reasonable amount o’ fleas is good fer a dog—keeps him from broodin’ over bein’ a dog, mebbe.
    —Edward Noyes Westcott (1847–1898)