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Phaedrus ⠃⠗⠋ 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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