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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 HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END ..-~\**#@#
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#@#**\~-.. - LIFE CAN STEAL ..-~\**#@#
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