Leveled Readings / Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
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
“By following those false lights, France has bought undisguised calamities at a higher price than any nation has purchased the most unequivocal blessings!”
Adapted · about grade 4
Burke said France followed false ideas and paid a high price for disasters.
Adapted · about grade 7
By following false lights, France has paid more for clear disasters than any nation ever paid for clear blessings.
Adapted · about grade 10
By following those false lights, France has bought undisguised calamities at a higher price than any nation has paid for the most unequivocal blessings.
Used in: Could reason and new knowledge improve society? · Did the French Revolution live up to its own ideals?