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Oratory Sacred and Secular; Or, The Extemporaneous Speaker ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠊⠝⠞⠑⠝⠎⠊⠋⠊⠑⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠍⠕⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠆⠀
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