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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 $/~.......
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.....~/$*@ ~ ~  ~  ~  *  Of  Criteria  *  ~ ~  ~  ~ @*$/~.....
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..~/$*@¶## - 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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