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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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