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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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