Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Religion / Retrospection and Introspection / Braille

Retrospection and Introspection ⠃⠗⠋ 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

99,381 braille cells · 105 embossed pages at 40×25 · 236 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.