Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Heart and Soul / Braille

Heart and Soul ⠃⠗⠋ 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

430,115 braille cells · 456 embossed pages at 40×25 · 404 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.