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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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