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Mazzini: On Nationality (1852)
Giuseppe Mazzini, On Nationality (1852)
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
“They speak the same language, they bear about them the impress of consanguinity, they kneel beside the same tombs, they glory in the same tradition; and they demand to associate freely, without obstacles, without foreign domination…”
Adapted · about grade 4
They speak one language, share family ties, honor the same graves and history. They want to join freely, without foreign rulers.
Adapted · about grade 7
They speak the same language, share common ancestry, mourn at the same tombs, and take pride in the same traditions; they want to unite freely, without foreign control.
Adapted · about grade 10
They speak the same language, bear the marks of common descent, kneel at the same tombs, and glory in the same tradition, and they demand to associate freely, without obstacles or foreign domination.
Used in: What makes a nation?