Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Towards the Great Peace / Braille

Towards the Great Peace ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

422,008 braille cells · 449 embossed pages at 40×25 · 815 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠀⠎⠏⠊⠗⠊⠞⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠉⠇⠑⠁⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠀⠕⠏⠑⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀
⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠕⠉⠞⠗⠊⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠁⠉⠗⠁⠍⠑⠝⠞⠁⠇⠊⠎⠍⠲⠀
⠠⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠑⠝⠞⠥⠗⠽⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠎⠁⠺⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠥⠍⠍⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠏⠓⠊⠇⠕⠎⠕⠏⠓⠊⠉⠁⠇
⠀⠀⠎⠽⠎⠞⠑⠍⠤⠤⠁⠎⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠉⠊⠧⠊⠇⠊⠵⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠑⠭⠏⠕⠎⠊⠞⠕⠗⠀⠊⠝⠀
⠍⠁⠞⠑⠗⠊⠁⠇⠀⠋⠕⠗⠍⠤⠤⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠁⠀⠎⠑⠏⠁⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀
⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀⠙⠊⠧⠑⠗⠛⠑⠝⠉⠑⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠁⠇⠁⠝⠉⠑⠙⠀⠀⠥⠝⠊⠞⠽⠀
⠺⠁⠎⠀⠃⠗⠕⠅⠑⠝⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠓⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠞⠑⠝⠙⠑⠝⠉⠽⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠊⠝⠉⠗⠑⠁⠎⠊⠝⠛⠇⠽⠀⠀⠞⠕⠺⠁⠗⠙⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠑⠭⠁⠛⠛⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠍⠽⠎⠞⠊⠉⠊⠎⠍⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀
⠉⠓⠁⠗⠁⠉⠞⠑⠗⠊⠵⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠑⠁⠎⠞⠑⠗⠝⠀⠀⠍⠕⠊⠑⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠽⠝⠞⠓⠑⠎⠊⠎⠂⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠞⠕⠺⠁⠗⠙⠎⠀⠁⠝⠀
⠑⠭⠁⠛⠛⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠇⠇⠑⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠊⠎⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠑⠑⠙⠎⠀
⠕⠋⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠊⠝⠓⠑⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠎⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠞⠓⠕⠍⠁⠎⠀⠀⠓⠊⠍⠎⠑⠇⠋⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠑⠺⠀⠍⠽⠎⠞⠊⠉⠊⠎⠍⠀
⠺⠊⠞⠓⠙⠗⠑⠺⠀⠋⠥⠗⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠋⠥⠗⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠉⠕⠍⠍⠕⠝⠀⠀⠇⠊⠋⠑⠂⠀⠋⠊⠝⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠗⠑⠋⠥⠛⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠊⠙⠙⠑⠝⠀
⠎⠁⠝⠉⠞⠥⠁⠗⠊⠑⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠎⠏⠁⠊⠝⠂⠀⠠⠊⠞⠁⠇⠽⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠠⠗⠓⠊⠝⠑⠇⠁⠝⠙⠆⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠇⠙⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠇⠇⠑⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠊⠎⠍⠀
⠃⠑⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠙⠕⠍⠊⠝⠁⠝⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠍⠊⠝⠙⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠍⠁⠝⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠁⠋⠋⠁⠊⠗⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠗⠑⠝⠁⠊⠎⠎⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠊⠞⠀⠀
⠃⠑⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠎⠥⠏⠗⠑⠍⠑⠂⠀⠁⠎⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀
⠟⠥⠁⠇⠊⠞⠊⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠁⠛⠁⠝⠊⠎⠍⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠗⠞⠀⠁⠎⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠁⠎⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.