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Pioneers of Science ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠗⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠞⠗⠁⠉⠅⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠑⠝⠞⠓⠥⠎⠊⠁⠎⠍⠀
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⠙⠕⠙⠑⠉⠁⠓⠑⠙⠗⠕⠝⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠏⠥⠞⠎⠀⠁⠝⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠎⠏⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀
⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠂⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠏⠏⠗⠕⠭⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠇⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠕⠗⠃⠊⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠍⠁⠗⠎⠆⠀⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠂⠀⠁⠛⠁⠊⠝⠂⠀⠁⠀
⠞⠑⠞⠗⠁⠓⠑⠙⠗⠕⠝⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠕⠗⠝⠑⠗⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠍⠁⠗⠅⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠏⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠗⠃⠊⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠚⠥⠏⠊⠞⠑⠗⠆⠀
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