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English Prose ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠊⠝⠉⠕⠍⠍⠕⠙⠑⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠕⠉⠉⠁⠎⠊⠕⠝⠁⠇⠀⠧⠁⠗⠊⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠕⠞⠁⠇⠀⠕⠋⠀⠊⠞⠲⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠝⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀⠙⠕⠝⠑⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀
⠺⠗⠕⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠠⠊⠀⠅⠝⠑⠺⠀⠕⠋⠤⠤⠃⠑⠽⠕⠝⠙⠀⠀
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⠠⠊⠀⠍⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠺⠁⠞⠉⠓⠀⠁⠀⠺⠁⠎⠏⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠊⠝⠙⠕⠺⠀
⠏⠁⠝⠑⠂⠀⠕⠗⠀⠁⠀⠃⠊⠗⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠉⠓⠑⠗⠗⠽⠀⠞⠗⠑⠑⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙
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⠍⠽⠀⠏⠗⠁⠉⠞⠊⠉⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠋⠁⠊⠞⠓⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠀⠎⠕⠕⠝⠀
⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠞⠑⠒⠀⠝⠕⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠗⠑⠁⠞⠑⠝⠑⠙⠀⠍⠑⠀
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