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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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