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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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