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A Librarian's Open Shelf- Essays on Various Subjects ⠃⠗⠋ 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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⠸⠍⠲⠀⠠⠝⠑⠺⠀⠗⠑⠁⠙⠻⠎⠀⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠐⠽⠀⠗⠑⠁⠙⠻⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠮⠽⠀⠓⠀⠮
⠀⠡⠜⠁⠉⠞⠻⠊⠌⠊⠉⠎⠀⠷⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠇⠇⠑⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀⠀⠽⠳⠹⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀
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