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Pascal's Pensées ⠃⠗⠋ 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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