Library / Earth / Man's Place in the Universe / Braille
Man's Place in the Universe ⠃⠗⠋ 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
539,195 braille cells · 571 embossed pages at 40×25 · 595 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.