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De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bona ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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⠎⠥⠃⠍⠊⠞⠞⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠑⠁⠗⠝⠑⠙⠀⠛⠑⠝⠞⠇⠑⠍⠁⠝⠒⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀
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⠋⠕⠇⠇⠕⠺⠊⠝⠛⠀⠠⠁⠎⠎⠑⠞⠎⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠗⠑⠁⠇⠊⠎⠑⠙⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠀
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⠊⠝⠉⠗⠑⠁⠎⠑⠙⠀⠕⠗⠀⠙⠑⠉⠗⠑⠁⠎⠑⠙⠦⠀⠠⠊⠛⠝⠕⠗⠑⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠀
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