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Natural Philosophy ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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