Select all the correct answers. How do Captain Littlepage's ideas about the past differ from those of the Sower?
The Sower glorifies the past, while Captain Littlepage admits life was hard.
Captain Littlepage seems determined to change the present, but the Sower is
resigned to insignificance.
Captain Littlepage praises the past, but the Sower warns of its dire lessons.
The Sower has strong opinions about the world today, but Captain Littlepage is lost
in the past.
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a. The Sower glorifies the past, while Captain Littlepage admits life was hard.

b. Captain Littlepage seems determined to change the present, but the Sower is  resigned to insignificance.

Explanation:

As the sower flung his seed across the field, he remembered with fondness, the past days when "all was wheat without a tare, and all was fair, righteous and true". He also vowed to replicate the Old world in the New world through his planting.

Captain Littlepage on the other hand recalled his past as a ship captain. He remembered that life was not so easy as a captain. He referred to it as "a dog's life", which "made men of those who followed it". The captain was not meant to be familiar with his crew, and he was to keep busy by reading. Sometimes the waves could be turbulent. In summary he admitted that life was not so easy as a captain but it was also an interesting life as he was exposed to other parts of the world.

Captain Littlepage was also irritated by the present life of those in his village who thought nothing of sailing to learn more about life. The Sower was simply satisfied in providing food for the nation whom he said would 'bless him'.

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source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen