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Lumen ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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⠭⠂⠀⠯⠀⠑⠭⠊⠌⠎⠀⠔⠀⠭⠀⠵⠀⠑⠭⠁⠉⠞⠇⠽⠂⠀⠵⠀⠞⠀⠀⠮⠀⠏⠁⠌⠀
⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠊⠎⠀⠮⠗⠑⠔⠀⠊⠝⠎⠉⠗⠊⠃⠫⠀⠿⠀⠘⠹⠀⠱⠕⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠁⠃⠇⠑
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⠍⠁⠔⠀⠏⠕⠔⠞⠀⠷⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠗⠑⠉⠊⠞⠁⠇⠀⠊⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠌⠁⠞⠑⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠀⠷⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠃⠑⠬⠎⠂⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠇⠺⠁⠽⠎⠀⠧⠊⠎⠊⠃⠇⠑
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⠞⠗⠁⠝⠎⠍⠊⠎⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠷⠀⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠁⠉⠗⠕⠎⠎⠀⠯⠀⠹⠗⠳⠛⠓⠀⠮⠀
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⠠⠠⠋⠳⠗⠹⠀⠠⠠⠉⠕⠝⠧⠻⠎⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠠⠁⠝⠞⠻⠊⠕⠗⠑⠎⠀
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⠠⠠⠟⠥⠠⠠⠗⠢⠎⠲⠀⠠⠞⠺⠕⠀⠽⠑⠜⠎⠀⠓⠀⠋⠇⠫⠂⠀⠠⠇⠥⠍⠢⠂⠀⠎⠔⠉⠑⠀
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⠊⠝⠞⠻⠧⠊⠑⠺⠲⠀⠠⠙⠥⠗⠬⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠏⠻⠊⠕⠙⠂⠀⠥⠝⠉⠕⠝⠎⠉⠊⠳⠎⠇⠽⠀
⠿⠀⠀⠮⠀⠊⠝⠓⠁⠃⠊⠞⠁⠝⠞⠎⠀⠷⠀⠑⠞⠻⠝⠁⠇⠀⠎⠏⠁⠉⠑⠂⠀⠃⠀⠍⠕⠌⠀
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⠷⠞⠢⠀⠗⠁⠊⠎⠫⠀⠍⠽⠀⠹⠳⠛⠓⠞⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠏⠗⠕⠃⠇⠑⠍⠎⠀
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