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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  #§*^=~-...
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.....-~=^* - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     *^=~-.....
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