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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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