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,~-*†¤#### --*#-- ####¤†*-~,
,,,~~~**¤# --* *-- #¤**~~~,,,
,~-*†*¤### --* life *-- ###¤*†*-~,
,,,~~--†*¤ --* *-- ¤*†--~~,,,
,~-****¤## --#*-- ##¤****-~,
,,,,~-††¤# #¤††-~,,,,
,,~~~-††*¤ - - * 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 * - - - - ###¤*†*-~,
,,,~-†**¤¤ ¤¤**†-~,,,
,,,,,-†*## - 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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,,,,~***¤¤ ¤¤***~,,,,
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