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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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