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