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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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