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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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