Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / The spirit of American sculpture / Braille

The spirit of American sculpture ⠃⠗⠋ 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

211,246 braille cells · 223 embossed pages at 40×25 · 101 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.