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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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