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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 ,,,,,†$$$@
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##@@$$†~,, ~  ~  ~  ~  $ 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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