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Personal Recollections ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠎⠁⠞⠊⠎⠋⠁⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠊⠝⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠝⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀
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⠗⠑⠎⠊⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠓⠑⠁⠗⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠀⠏⠕⠏⠥⠇⠕⠥⠎⠀
⠉⠊⠞⠽⠂⠀⠑⠝⠚⠕⠽⠊⠝⠛⠀⠊⠝⠙⠑⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠝⠕⠃⠇⠑⠀⠛⠁⠗⠙⠑⠝⠂
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⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠋⠁⠝⠉⠽⠲⠀⠠⠓⠁⠏⠏⠊⠇⠽⠂⠀⠍⠽⠀⠓⠑⠁⠇⠞⠓⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠥⠗⠏⠕⠎⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠊⠝⠓⠁⠇⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠗⠑⠁⠞⠓⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠉⠕⠺⠎⠲⠀⠠⠍⠽⠀⠋⠁⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠑⠭⠉⠓⠁⠝⠛⠑⠙⠀⠏⠁⠗⠕⠉⠓⠊⠁⠇⠀
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