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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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