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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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