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Goethe's literary essays ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠊⠎⠀⠛⠕⠕⠙⠂⠀⠊⠞⠀⠉⠗⠑⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠁⠀⠇⠊⠞⠞⠇⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀
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⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠎⠞⠀⠝⠑⠊⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠎⠓⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠝⠕⠗⠀⠀
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