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Pascal's Pensées ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠍⠑⠁⠝⠲⠤⠤⠠⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠺⠑⠀⠗⠑⠁⠙⠀⠞⠕⠕⠀⠋⠁⠎⠞⠀⠕⠗⠀⠞⠕⠕⠀
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⠊⠝⠝⠁⠞⠑⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠇⠑⠙⠛⠑⠀⠇⠑⠁⠙⠎⠀⠥⠎⠲⠀⠠⠊⠋⠀⠊⠞⠀⠃⠑⠀⠝⠕⠞
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