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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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