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The provincial letters of Blaise Pascal ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠏⠁⠇⠇⠊⠁⠞⠑⠂⠀⠠⠋⠁⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠠⠙⠁⠝⠊⠑⠇⠀⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠑⠭⠓⠁⠥⠎⠞⠑⠙
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⠃⠁⠙⠀⠋⠁⠊⠞⠓⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠋⠥⠇⠇⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠇⠞⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠞⠑⠭⠞⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙
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⠀⠊⠝⠛⠑⠝⠥⠕⠥⠎⠝⠑⠎⠎⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠀⠁⠺⠁⠗⠑⠀
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