Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Lectures and Essays / Braille

Lectures and Essays ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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

396,928 braille cells · 418 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,844 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.