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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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