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Pragmatism ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠍⠑⠁⠝⠬⠀⠔⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠁⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠬⠀⠀⠠⠿⠍⠁⠇⠀⠠⠇⠕⠛⠊⠉
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⠞⠀⠁⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀⠀⠍⠑⠁⠝⠬⠀⠴⠀⠄⠏⠎⠽⠡⠕⠇⠕⠛⠊⠉⠁⠇⠲⠄⠀⠠⠭⠀⠓⠁⠎
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⠱⠊⠡⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠶⠔⠀⠛⠢⠻⠁⠇⠶⠀⠄⠞⠗⠥⠑⠄⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠀⠃⠗⠳⠛⠓⠞⠀
⠞⠕⠛⠑⠮⠗⠀⠿⠀⠮⠀⠏⠥⠗⠏⠕⠎⠑⠀⠷⠀⠙⠗⠁⠺⠬⠀⠁⠀⠏⠜⠞⠊⠉⠥⠇⠜⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠉⠇⠥⠎⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀⠛⠇⠜⠬⠀⠋⠁⠇⠎⠑⠓⠕⠕⠙⠀⠍⠁⠽⠀
⠗⠑⠎⠥⠇⠞⠲⠀⠠⠑⠲⠛⠲⠂⠀⠭⠀⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠔⠀⠛⠢⠻⠁⠇⠀⠃⠑⠀⠛⠗⠁⠝⠞⠫⠀
⠞⠀⠄⠊⠗⠕⠝⠀⠎⠔⠅⠎⠀⠔⠀⠺⠁⠞⠻⠂⠄⠀⠽⠑⠞⠀⠭⠀⠙⠕⠑⠎⠀⠝⠀⠋⠕⠇⠇⠪
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⠠⠎⠽⠇⠇⠕⠛⠊⠎⠍⠀⠴⠀⠋⠊⠗⠌⠀⠏⠕⠔⠞⠫⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠃⠽⠀⠠⠍⠗⠲⠀
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⠮⠽⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠔⠀⠞⠥⠗⠝⠀⠃⠑⠀⠄⠏⠗⠕⠧⠫⠲⠄⠀⠠⠋⠳⠗⠀⠋⠗⠑⠩⠀
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