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..#.##...# BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, ###..#....
....###... THROUGH  INACTION, ALLOW  A  HUMAN BEING #.##..#...
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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 .....#..#.
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...#..#.##   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   .#.##.....
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.....#..#.    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    #..#.##...
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........#. THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY #.##...###
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