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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 ###$=;~:,,
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,,:~;=$### ~  ~  ~  ~ $  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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