And hespake many things untothem inparables, saying, Behold, a sower went forthtosow; And whenhesowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Mientras en Norteame rica la colonizacio n deposito los ge rmenes de un esp|ritu y una econom|a que se plasmaban entonces en Europa y a los cuales pertenec|a el porvenir, a la Ame rica espan ola trajo los efectos y los me todos de un esp|ritu y una econom|a que declinaban ya y a los cuales no pertenec|a sino el pasado. Whereas in North America colonization planted the seeds of the spirit and economy then growing in Europe
First, sturdy March with brows full sternly bent, And arme' d strongly, rode upon a ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam: Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, Which on the earth he strowe' d as he went, And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment.
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