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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 /«:.......
......:«/= INSIDE. =/«:......
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