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Community Civics and Rural Life ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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