Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays / Braille

Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays ⠃⠗⠋ 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

458,418 braille cells · 484 embossed pages at 40×25 · 587 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.