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Social Pictorial Satire ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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⠋⠥⠝⠀⠯⠀⠎⠺⠑⠑⠞⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠯⠀⠎⠊⠍⠏⠇⠊⠉⠊⠞⠽⠶⠀⠯⠀⠮⠽⠀⠋⠁⠊⠇⠀
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⠟⠥⠁⠇⠊⠞⠊⠑⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠝⠀⠎⠥⠡⠀⠵⠀⠞⠕⠀⠋⠔⠙⠀⠀⠋⠁⠧⠳⠗⠀
⠁⠍⠕⠝⠛⠀⠿⠑⠊⠛⠝⠀⠑⠭⠏⠻⠞⠎⠂⠀⠱⠻⠑⠁⠎⠀⠠⠅⠑⠢⠑⠀⠁⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠇⠽
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⠁⠙⠍⠊⠗⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠌⠎⠀⠷⠀⠠⠋⠗⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠯⠀⠠⠛⠻⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀⠵
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⠩⠕⠗⠞⠉⠕⠍⠬⠎⠤⠤⠎⠥⠡⠀⠵⠀⠦⠀⠀⠇⠁⠉⠅⠀⠷⠀⠋⠑⠑⠇⠬⠀⠿⠀
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⠏⠻⠉⠑⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠀⠏⠻⠓⠁⠏⠎⠀⠦⠀⠙⠊⠎⠙⠁⠔⠂⠀⠷⠀⠉⠻⠞⠁⠔⠀
⠇⠊⠞⠞⠇⠑⠀⠑⠞⠻⠝⠁⠇⠀⠞⠗⠁⠊⠞⠎⠀⠯⠀⠉⠕⠝⠧⠢⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠀⠯⠀
⠙⠊⠋⠋⠻⠢⠉⠑⠎⠀⠞⠀⠌⠁⠍⠏⠀⠮⠀⠧⠜⠊⠳⠎⠀⠛⠗⠁⠙⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀
⠎⠕⠉⠊⠁⠇⠀⠀⠓⠊⠻⠜⠡⠽⠤⠤⠙⠀⠝⠀⠌⠗⠊⠅⠑⠀⠮⠍⠂⠀⠯⠀⠝⠕⠹⠬⠀
⠊⠝⠞⠻⠋⠻⠑⠎⠀⠾⠀⠸⠮⠀⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠞⠑⠀⠁⠏⠏⠗⠑⠉⠊⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠷⠀⠦
⠀⠉⠗⠁⠋⠞⠎⠍⠁⠝⠩⠊⠏⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠇⠇⠥⠌⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠒⠀⠠⠠⠺⠁⠊⠞⠬⠀
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⠊⠍⠏⠁⠞⠊⠢⠞⠶⠲⠀⠠⠃⠫⠁⠙⠂⠀⠮⠽⠀⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠐⠓⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠹⠊⠎⠀⠀⠞⠕⠊⠍⠑⠖⠀⠠⠎⠥⠗⠑⠂⠀⠠⠞⠊⠗⠊⠁⠉⠑⠂⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠕⠏⠑⠀⠮⠀
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