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Phaedrus ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠕⠗⠛⠁⠝⠊⠵⠑⠙⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠀⠄⠓⠁⠧⠊⠝⠛⠀⠓⠁⠝⠙⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠋⠑⠑⠞⠀
⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠍⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗⠎⠄⠦⠀⠠⠊⠝⠎⠞⠑⠁⠙⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠀⠎⠽⠎⠞⠑⠍
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