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Gorgias ⠃⠗⠋ 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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⠥⠎⠒⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠓⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠎⠊⠝⠛⠇⠑⠀⠋⠊⠛⠥⠗⠑
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⠓⠑⠁⠧⠑⠝⠀⠁⠃⠕⠧⠑⠂⠴⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠏⠁⠎⠎⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑
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