⠠⠮⠀⠠⠎⠏⠑⠉⠞⠁⠞⠕⠗⠀⠠⠝⠕⠲⠀⠼⠙
⠀⠀⠃⠽⠀⠠⠚⠕⠎⠑⠏⠓⠀⠠⠌⠑⠑⠇⠑
⠀⠀⠠⠔⠀⠼⠁⠛⠁⠁⠂⠀⠠⠗⠊⠡⠜⠙⠀⠠⠁⠙⠙⠊⠎⠕⠝⠀⠯⠀⠠⠚⠕⠎⠑⠏⠓
⠠⠌⠑⠑⠇⠑⠀⠆⠛⠁⠝⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠩⠬⠀⠐⠕⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠋⠌⠀⠙⠁⠊⠇⠽
⠝⠑⠺⠎⠏⠁⠏⠻⠎⠀⠔⠀⠠⠢⠛⠇⠯⠂⠀⠠⠮⠀⠠⠎⠏⠑⠉⠞⠁⠞⠕⠗⠲⠀⠀⠠⠔
⠊⠎⠎⠥⠑⠀⠼⠙⠂⠀⠠⠚⠕⠎⠑⠏⠓⠀⠠⠌⠑⠑⠇⠑⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠑⠎⠀⠁⠃⠀⠦
⠑⠭⠏⠻⠊⠰⠑⠎⠀⠵⠀⠁⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠻⠀⠯⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠩⠻⠀⠷⠀⠦⠀⠪⠝⠀⠐⠺⠀⠯
⠱⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠒⠎⠊⠙⠻⠎⠀⠝⠑⠺⠎⠺⠕⠗⠹⠽⠒
⠀⠀⠠⠁⠝⠀⠠⠁⠥⠹⠕⠗⠂⠀⠱⠢⠀⠓⠑⠀⠋⠌⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠜⠎⠀⠔⠀⠮⠀⠠⠸⠺⠂
⠊⠎⠀⠧⠀⠁⠏⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠆⠇⠊⠑⠧⠑⠀⠭⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠝⠕⠹⠬⠀⠞⠕⠀⠹⠔⠅⠀⠷⠀⠃
⠦⠀⠠⠏⠻⠿⠍⠨⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠾⠀⠁⠀⠛⠙⠀⠠⠩⠜⠑⠀⠷⠀⠹⠀⠠⠧⠁⠝⠰⠽⠀⠔⠀⠍⠽
⠠⠓⠑⠜⠞⠂⠀⠠⠊⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠭⠀⠍⠽⠀⠠⠃⠥⠎⠊⠰⠎⠀⠘⠮⠀⠹⠗⠑⠑⠀⠠⠐⠙⠎
⠞⠕⠀⠇⠊⠌⠢⠀⠁⠋⠀⠍⠽⠀⠪⠝⠀⠠⠋⠁⠍⠑⠆⠀⠯⠂⠀⠵⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠀⠐⠎⠐⠞⠎
⠍⠑⠞⠀⠾⠀⠠⠉⠊⠗⠉⠥⠍⠌⠨⠑⠎⠀⠱⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠝⠀⠲⠏⠇⠂⠎⠑⠀⠍⠑⠂⠀⠠⠊
⠓⠀⠃⠑⠢⠀⠢⠉⠨⠞⠻⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠕⠮⠗⠎⠀⠱⠀⠛⠁⠧⠑⠀⠍⠑⠀⠍⠡
⠠⠍⠕⠗⠞⠊⠋⠊⠉⠁⠰⠝⠲⠀⠠⠭⠀⠊⠎⠀⠔⠉⠗⠫⠊⠃⠇⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠹⠔⠅⠀⠓⠪
⠑⠍⠏⠞⠽⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠀⠔⠀⠹⠀⠐⠞⠀⠕⠃⠎⠻⠧⠫⠀⠐⠎⠀⠠⠐⠏⠀⠷⠀⠮
⠠⠎⠏⠑⠉⠊⠑⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠂⠀⠱⠁⠞⠀⠍⠻⠑⠀⠠⠃⠇⠁⠝⠅⠎⠀⠮⠽⠀⠜⠑⠀⠱⠢
⠮⠽⠀⠋⠌⠀⠉⠕⠍⠑⠀⠁⠃⠗⠕⠁⠙⠀⠔⠀⠮⠀⠠⠍⠕⠗⠝⠬⠂⠀⠓⠪⠀⠥⠞⠞⠻⠇⠽
⠮⠽⠀⠜⠑⠀⠁⠞⠀⠁⠀⠠⠌⠯⠂⠀⠥⠝⠞⠊⠇⠀⠮⠽⠀⠜⠑⠀⠎⠑⠞⠀⠁⠀⠛⠕⠬⠀⠃⠽
⠐⠎⠀⠠⠏⠜⠁⠛⠗⠁⠏⠓⠀⠔⠀⠁⠀⠠⠝⠑⠺⠎⠤⠠⠏⠁⠏⠻⠒⠀⠠⠎⠡
⠠⠏⠻⠎⠕⠝⠎⠀⠜⠑⠀⠧⠀⠁⠒⠑⠏⠞⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠀⠐⠽⠀⠠⠁⠥⠹⠕⠗⠂⠀⠿
⠮⠽⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠗⠑⠀⠝⠕⠀⠍⠀⠔⠀⠁⠝⠽⠹⠬⠀⠃⠀⠞⠕⠀⠆⠀⠝⠑⠺⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠆
⠁⠛⠗⠑⠂⠃⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠊⠋⠀⠠⠊⠀⠋⠨⠙⠀⠠⠒⠎⠕⠇⠁⠰⠝⠀⠁⠍⠰⠛⠀⠎⠡⠂
⠠⠊⠀⠴⠀⠵⠀⠍⠡⠀⠲⠟⠥⠊⠑⠞⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠠⠔⠉⠁⠏⠁⠉⠰⠽⠀⠷⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠕⠮⠗⠎⠲⠀⠠⠘⠮⠀⠜⠑⠀⠠⠍⠕⠗⠞⠁⠇⠎⠀⠱⠕⠀⠓⠀⠁⠀⠉⠻⠞⠁⠔
⠠⠉⠥⠗⠊⠕⠎⠰⠽⠀⠾⠳⠞⠀⠠⠏⠪⠻⠀⠷⠀⠠⠗⠑⠋⠇⠑⠉⠰⠝⠂⠀⠯⠀⠏⠻⠥⠎⠫
⠍⠽⠀⠠⠏⠁⠏⠻⠎⠀⠇⠀⠠⠎⠏⠑⠉⠞⠁⠞⠕⠗⠎⠀⠗⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠠⠗⠂⠙⠻⠎⠲⠀⠠⠃
⠐⠮⠀⠊⠎⠀⠎⠀⠇⠇⠀⠠⠏⠇⠂⠎⠥⠗⠑⠀⠔⠀⠠⠢⠟⠥⠊⠗⠊⠑⠎⠀⠞⠀⠎
⠝⠑⠜⠇⠽⠀⠒⠉⠻⠝⠀⠳⠗⠀⠎⠑⠇⠧⠑⠎⠀⠐⠣⠭⠀⠆⠬⠀⠮⠀⠺⠕⠗⠌⠀⠠⠺⠁⠽
⠔⠀⠮⠀⠠⠸⠺⠀⠞⠕⠀⠠⠋⠁⠍⠑⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠆⠀⠞⠕⠕⠀⠁⠝⠭⠊⠳⠎⠀⠁⠃
⠭⠐⠜⠂⠀⠞⠀⠘⠥⠀⠮⠀⠱⠕⠇⠑⠀⠠⠊⠀⠗⠑⠎⠕⠇⠧⠄⠙⠀⠿⠀⠮⠀⠋⠥⠞⠥⠗⠑
⠞⠕⠀⠛⠀⠕⠝⠀⠔⠀⠍⠽⠀⠕⠗⠙⠔⠜⠽⠀⠠⠺⠁⠽⠆⠀⠯⠀⠾⠳⠞⠀⠞⠕⠕⠀⠍⠡
⠠⠋⠑⠜⠀⠕⠗⠀⠠⠓⠕⠏⠑⠀⠁⠃⠀⠮⠀⠠⠃⠥⠎⠊⠰⠎⠀⠷⠀⠠⠗⠑⠏⠥⠞⠁⠰⠝⠂
⠞⠕⠀⠆⠀⠧⠀⠉⠜⠑⠰⠇⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠠⠙⠑⠎⠊⠛⠝⠀⠷⠀⠍⠽⠀⠠⠁⠉⠰⠝⠎⠂⠀⠃
⠧⠀⠝⠑⠛⠇⠊⠛⠢⠞⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠠⠒⠎⠑⠟⠥⠰⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠮⠍⠲
The Spectator No. 4
by Joseph Steele
In 1711, Richard Addison and Joseph Steele began publishing one of the first daily newspapers in England, The Spectator. In issue 4, Joseph Steele writes about his experiences as a writer and publisher of his own work and what he considers newsworthy:
An Author, when he first appears in the World, is very apt to believe it has nothing to think of but his Performances. With a good Share of this Vanity in my Heart, I made it my Business these three Days to listen after my own Fame; and, as I have sometimes met with Circumstances which did not displease me, I have been encountered by others which gave me much Mortification. It is incredible to think how empty I have in this time observed some Part of the Species to be, what mere Blanks they are when they first come abroad in the Morning, how utterly they are at a Stand, until they are set a going by some Paragraph in a News-Paper: Such Persons are very acceptable to a young Author, for they desire no more in anything but to be new, to be agreeable. If I found Consolation among such, I was as much disquieted by the Incapacity of others. These are Mortals who have a certain Curiosity without Power of Reflection, and perused my Papers like Spectators rather than Readers. But there is so little Pleasure in Enquiries that so nearly concern our selves (it being the worst Way in the World to Fame, to be too anxious about it), that upon the whole I resolv'd for the future to go on in my ordinary Way; and without too much Fear or Hope about the Business of Reputation, to be very careful of the Design of my Actions, but very negligent of the Consequences of them.
