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The light: An educational pageant ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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73,859 braille cells · 77 embossed pages at 40×25 · 285 unrepresentable characters omitted

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