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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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