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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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