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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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