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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 ###@$%†-^,
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,,,^-†%$@# - -  -  -  $  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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