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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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⠱⠁⠞⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠁⠛⠑⠎⠀⠹⠳⠛⠓⠞⠀⠯⠀⠋⠑⠇⠞⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠠⠉⠁⠹⠕⠇⠊⠉⠀
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