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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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