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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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