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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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⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠠⠊⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠎⠍⠕⠅⠑⠙⠀⠁⠍⠕⠝⠛⠀⠓⠁⠍⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
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