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The Intellectual Life ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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