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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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