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Alcibiades I ⠃⠗⠋ 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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