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,,,,,,††@@                                          @@††,,,,,,
,,~†%@@@##                  ~~@#~~                  ##@@@%†~,,
,,~†%@@###                ~~@    @~~                ###@@%†~,,
,,,,,~†%@#              ~~@  life  @~~              #@%†~,,,,,
,,~††%@@@#                ~~@    @~~                #@@@%††~,,
,,~†%@@###                  ~~#@~~                  ###@@%†~,,
,,,,,†%@@#                                          #@@%†,,,,,
,,~†%@@### ~ ~ @  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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,,~†%@@@@#                                          #@@@@%†~,,
,,,,~†%%@#                                          #@%%†~,,,,