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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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