Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / Letters to His Son, Complete / Braille

Letters to His Son, Complete ⠃⠗⠋ 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

1,345,932 braille cells · 1,408 embossed pages at 40×25 · 91 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.