Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Is Life Worth Living? / Braille

Is Life Worth Living? ⠃⠗⠋ 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

415,613 braille cells · 430 embossed pages at 40×25 · 841 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.