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Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses ⠃⠗⠋ 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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⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠁⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠑⠋⠋⠑⠉⠞⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠕⠝⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
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⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠕⠗⠀⠙⠁⠗⠅⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠦⠠⠓⠕⠍⠑⠂⠴⠀
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⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠉⠕⠥⠗⠎⠑⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠁⠝⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀
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⠉⠕⠍⠏⠁⠝⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠉⠁⠝⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠓⠁⠗⠇⠕⠞⠎⠂⠴⠀⠀⠚⠥⠎⠞
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