Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Teaching / The Goose-step: A Study of American Education / Braille

The Goose-step: A Study of American Education ⠃⠗⠋ 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

1,206,282 braille cells · 1,274 embossed pages at 40×25 · 264 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.