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Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
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
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.”
Adapted · about grade 4
I do not plan to change slavery in the states where it already is.
Adapted · about grade 7
I have no plan, directly or indirectly, to interfere with slavery in the states where it exists.
Adapted · about grade 10
I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it already exists.
Used in: What caused the Civil War?