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......^~\% ~ ~ % A  MULTITUDE OF  DEFINITIONS % ~ ~ %\~^......
.......^~\ ~   %   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   %    ~ \~^.......
........^~ %     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     % ~^........
.........^ ~   %   WHAT   WE   ARE,    AND    %   ~ ^.........
........^~ ~  ~  %  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  %  ~  ~ ~^........
.......^~\ ~   %   ARE",   BUT   THEN   WE   %    ~ \~^.......
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.....^~\%% ~  %  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  %  ~ %%\~^.....
....^~\%%@ ~  ~  %  ENTAILS,  HOW IT SHOULD %  ~  ~ @%%\~^....
...^~\%%@£ ~   %   BE  MEASURED,   WHO   OR   %   ~ £@%%\~^...
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.^~\%%@£## ~   %  AND  SO   INSTEAD   THERE   %   ~ ##£@%%\~^.
..^~\%%@£# ~    ~   %   IS   THIS   INTERNATIONALLY #£@%%\~^..
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....^~\%%@ ~  ~ ~  ~  %  OF  CRITERIA  % ~  ~  ~  ~ @%%\~^....
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......^~\% - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      %\~^......
.......^~\ - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  \~^.......
........^~ - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ~^........
.........^ - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ^.........
........^~ - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ~^........
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