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..........              ==*  Life  *==              ..........
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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   *   = .....~==%*
#*%==~.... *    Must    Also    Define    What    * ....~==%*#
@#*%==~... =  *  "Things  Like  Us"  Actually  *  = ...~==%*#@
#@#*%==~.. =  =  *  Entails, How It Should  *  =  = ..~==%*#@#
##@#*%==~. =   *   Be  Measured,   Who   Or   *   = .~==%*#@##
#@#*%==~.. *    What    Is     The    Arbiter,    * ..~==%*#@#
@#*%==~... =   *   And   So   Instead  There   *  = ...~==%*#@
#*%==~.... =    =   *   Is   This   Internationally ....~==%*#
*%==~..... Sanctioned     List      *      =      = .....~==%*
%==~...... =  =  = =  *  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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