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Symposium ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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