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Toleration and other essays ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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