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Elocution Simplified ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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