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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 %^=-......
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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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