Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Teaching / A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American / Braille

A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American ⠃⠗⠋ 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

52,313 braille cells · 56 embossed pages at 40×25 · 33 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.