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Louis Braille Made It possible for the Blind to Read and Write

Louis Braille (1809-1852), a French blind teacher, studied different ways of making dots and dashes on paper At last he reached a system in which he used six holes in different positions HKUE amec . Within this space he cOllld make sixty three different combinations. Each combination stands for a letter or a short word. Soon Louis wrote a book using the Braille system.


At first people did not believe that the system of Louis Braille was possible or practical. One day a girl who had been blind since she was born played the piano beautifully at a concert. Everybody was pleased. Then the girl got up and said that the people should thank Louis Braille HKUE ENG , who had made it possible for her to learn music and to play the plano.

Some of Louis' friends went to his home to see him . He was sick in bed. They told him what had happened Louis began to cry. He said, "This is the third time in my life that I have cried. First, when I became blind. Second, when I heard 'night writing', and now because I know that my life has not been a failure."

A few days later Louis died. He was only 43 years old.