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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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.....~==$& THEY LOOK SLICK BUT ARE VERY DIRTY &$==~.....
..~†=$&¶## INSIDE. ##¶&$=†~..
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