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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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