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Goethe's literary essays ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠉⠕⠝⠉⠻⠝⠬⠀⠮⠀⠁⠝⠉⠊⠢⠞⠎⠦⠀⠠⠁⠝⠽⠀⠞⠁⠇⠢⠞⠂⠀⠮⠀
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⠉⠊⠗⠉⠥⠍⠌⠁⠝⠉⠑⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠀⠀⠁⠉⠉⠳⠝⠞⠀⠐⠺⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀
⠺⠁⠽⠀⠹⠗⠳⠛⠓⠀⠁⠀⠹⠳⠎⠯⠀⠕⠃⠌⠁⠉⠇⠑⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠛⠑⠞⠀⠗⠊⠙⠀⠷⠀⠁
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⠙⠊⠎⠁⠙⠧⠁⠝⠞⠁⠛⠑⠂⠀⠱⠢⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠜⠫⠀⠾⠀⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠑⠍⠏⠕⠗⠜⠽
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⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠾⠀⠀⠋⠁⠉⠊⠇⠊⠞⠽⠀⠯⠀⠁⠉⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠑⠭⠞⠢⠞⠀⠷⠀
⠊⠞⠎⠀⠉⠁⠏⠁⠉⠊⠞⠽⠀⠾⠳⠞⠀⠕⠏⠏⠕⠎⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠭⠀⠷⠞⠢⠀
⠓⠁⠏⠏⠢⠎⠀⠞⠀⠏⠀⠱⠕⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠝⠕⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠻⠀⠐⠽⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠁⠃⠇⠑⠂⠀
⠕⠥⠞⠀⠷⠀⠀⠮⠀⠋⠥⠇⠇⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠷⠀⠸⠮⠀⠑⠭⠏⠻⠊⠢⠉⠑⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠙⠊⠏⠇⠕⠍⠁⠞⠊⠌⠀⠱⠕⠀⠸⠓⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠗⠫⠀⠍⠽⠀⠀⠁⠉⠟⠥⠁⠔⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠂
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⠍⠑⠂⠀⠗⠑⠍⠜⠅⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠦⠀⠋⠗⠊⠢⠙⠎⠒⠀⠀⠦⠠⠧⠕⠊⠇⠀⠥⠝⠀⠓⠕⠍⠍⠑
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