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Novum organum ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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