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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   @   - ...---=@&&
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##¶&@=^-^. sanctioned      list      @     -      - .^-^=@&¶##
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##¶&@=^-^. - life must produce or consume milk      .^-^=@&¶##
##¶&@=^-^. - life must have a beginning and an end  .^-^=@&¶##
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##¶&@=^-^. - life can steal                         .^-^=@&¶##
&=-^...... - life can be cursed                     ......^-=&
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