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English Prose ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠉⠓⠗⠕⠝⠊⠉⠇⠑⠀⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠠⠊⠀⠕⠺⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠽⠀⠍⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠗⠑⠎⠕⠇⠥⠞⠑⠇⠽⠀⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠎⠞⠑⠝⠞⠀⠇⠑⠎⠎⠕⠝⠎⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓
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⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠗⠙⠁⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠀⠉⠕⠝⠙⠥⠉⠞⠲
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⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠎⠞⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠧⠑⠗⠎⠑⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠊⠝⠀⠍⠽⠀
⠗⠑⠁⠉⠓⠂⠀⠗⠊⠛⠓⠞⠇⠽⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠑⠝⠑⠗⠛⠑⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇⠇⠽⠲⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀
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