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.......... ~ ~ $ A Multitude Of  Definitions $ ~  ~ ..........
.......... ~   $   Does    Not   Help.   We   $   ~ ..........
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.........^ ~    $   What   We   Are,   And    $   ~ ^.........
........^~ ~  ~  $  What  Things  Like  Us  $  ~  ~ ~^........
.......^~^ ~   $   Are",   But    Then   We   $   ~ ^~^.......
......^~^% $    Must    Also    Define    What    $ %^~^......
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....^~^%$£ ~ ~  $  Entails,  How It  Should  $  ~ ~ £$%^~^....
...^~^%$£@ ~   $  Be   Measured,   Who   Or   $   ~ @£$%^~^...
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.......^~^ - 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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