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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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