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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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