Leveled Readings / Bolívar: Message to the Congress of Angostura (1819)
Bolívar: Message to the Congress of Angostura (1819)
Simón Bolívar, Angostura (1819)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…that the rule of law is more powerful than the rule of tyrants, because, as the laws are more inflexible, every one should submit to their beneficent austerity…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Laws are stronger than cruel rulers. Everyone should follow the laws.
Adapted · about grade 7
The rule of law is stronger than the rule of tyrants, because laws are firm and everyone should obey them.
Adapted · about grade 10
The rule of law is more powerful than the rule of tyrants, because laws are inflexible and everyone should submit to their beneficial strictness.