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Social Civics ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠠⠊⠞⠁⠇⠊⠁⠝⠎⠆⠀⠶⠑⠶⠀⠀⠠⠚⠑⠺⠎⠆⠀⠶⠋⠶⠀⠠⠚⠁⠏⠁⠝⠑⠎⠑⠦⠀⠀⠀
⠼⠑⠲⠀⠠⠝⠁⠍⠑⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠊⠝⠎⠞⠊⠞⠥⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠦⠀⠠⠁⠝⠽⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠏⠗⠑⠧⠁⠊⠇⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
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⠊⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀⠀⠃⠑⠞⠺⠑⠑⠝⠀⠁⠀⠍⠕⠃⠂⠀⠁⠀
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