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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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