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Fragments of Experience ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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