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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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