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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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