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Steel ⠃⠗⠋ 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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