Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) / Braille

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) ⠃⠗⠋ 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

578,433 braille cells · 612 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,399 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.