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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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