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Academica ⠃⠗⠋ 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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