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Notre Dame de Paris ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠠⠗⠑⠇⠊⠛⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠠⠋⠁⠊⠞⠓⠂⠀⠠⠎⠞⠲⠀⠀⠠⠙⠑⠝⠊⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
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⠦⠠⠠⠉⠓⠊⠍⠠⠠⠗⠑⠎⠲⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠑⠉⠕⠝⠙⠀⠎⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀
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