Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / An Apology for Atheism / Braille

An Apology for Atheism ⠃⠗⠋ 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

197,773 braille cells · 209 embossed pages at 40×25 · 269 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.