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Government Documents in Small Libraries ⠃⠗⠋ 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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