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..........            .~~~ BATTERIES ~~~.           ..........
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.......... BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, ..........
.......... THROUGH INACTION,  ALLOW  A HUMAN  BEING ..........
..........             TO COME TO HARM.             ..........
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.......... A BATTERY MUST OBEY THE  ORDERS GIVEN IT ..........
.......... BY  HUMAN  BEINGS  EXCEPT   WHERE   SUCH ..........
.......... ORDERS  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  LAW. ..........
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*~........ A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ........~*
†*~....... EXISTENCE  AS  LONG  AS SUCH  PROTECTION .......~*†
*†*~...... DOES  NOT CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  OR ......~*†*
§*†*~.....               SECOND LAWS.               .....~*†*§
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#@§*†*~...  THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,   ...~*†*§@#
@§*†*~.... BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ....~*†*§@
§*†*~.....   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   .....~*†*§
*†*~......        THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,         ......~*†*
†*~.......    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    .......~*†
*~........                 THINGS...                ........~*
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.......... THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ..........
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