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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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