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Two Treatises of Government (1690)
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government (1690)
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
“…all men are naturally in that state, and remain so, till by their own consents they make themselves members of some politic society…”
Adapted · about grade 4
All people start out free, until they agree to join a society.
Adapted · about grade 7
All people are naturally in that free state until, by their own agreement, they join a political society.
Adapted · about grade 10
All men are naturally in that state, and remain so until by their own consent they make themselves members of some political society.