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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    §:-:......
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...:-:§§@# THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY #@§§:-:...
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