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* Seven is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die. When rolling two standard six-sided dice, seven has a 6 in 36 (or 1/6th) probability of being rolled (1–6, 6–1, 2–5, 5–2, 3–4, or 4–3), the greatest of any number.
 
* Seven is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die. When rolling two standard six-sided dice, seven has a 6 in 36 (or 1/6th) probability of being rolled (1–6, 6–1, 2–5, 5–2, 3–4, or 4–3), the greatest of any number.
 
==Evolution of the Glyph==
 
==Evolution of the Glyph==
In the beginning, various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindus] wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase J vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the character  more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs [[developed]] the character from a 6-look-alike into an uppercase V-look-alike. Both modern Arab forms influenced the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe European] form, a two-stroke character consisting of a [[horizontal]] upper line joined at its right to a line going down to the bottom left corner, a line that is slightly curved in some font variants. As is the case with the European glyph, the Cham and Khmer glyph for 7 also evolved to look like their glyph for 1, though in a different way, so they were also concerned with making their 7 more different. For the Khmer this often involved adding a horizontal line above the glyph.  This is [[analogous]] to the horizontal stroke through the middle that is sometimes used in handwriting in the Western world but which is almost never used in computer fonts. This horizontal stroke is, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in [[writings]] that use a long upstroke in the glyph for one.
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In the beginning, various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindus] wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase J vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the character  more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs [[developed]] the character from a 6-look-alike into an uppercase V-look-alike. Both modern Arab forms influenced the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe European] form, a two-stroke character consisting of a [[horizontal]] upper line joined at its right to a line going down to the bottom left corner, a line that is slightly curved in some font variants. As is the case with the European glyph, the Cham and Khmer glyph for 7 also evolved to look like their glyph for 1, though in a different way, so they were also concerned with making their 7 more different. For the Khmer this often involved adding a horizontal line above the glyph.  This is [[analogous]] to the horizontal stroke through the middle that is sometimes used in handwriting in the Western world but which is almost never used in computer fonts. This horizontal stroke is, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in [[writings]] that use a long upstroke in the glyph for one.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven]
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==Quote==
 
==Quote==
 
The [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]] are the primary [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. In this sevenfold [[creative]] [[act]] of self-duplication the [[Infinite Spirit]] exhausted the [[associative]] [[possibilities]] [[mathematically]] [[inherent]] in the factual [[existence]] of [[the Deities|the three persons of Deity]]. Had it been possible to produce a larger [[number]] of [[Master Spirits]], they would have been created, but there are just seven [[associative]] [[possibilities]], and only seven, [[inherent]] in [[the Deities|three Deities]]. And this explains why the [[universe]] is operated in seven grand divisions, and why the [[number]] seven is basically [[fundamental]] in its [[organization]] and [[administration]].  
 
The [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]] are the primary [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. In this sevenfold [[creative]] [[act]] of self-duplication the [[Infinite Spirit]] exhausted the [[associative]] [[possibilities]] [[mathematically]] [[inherent]] in the factual [[existence]] of [[the Deities|the three persons of Deity]]. Had it been possible to produce a larger [[number]] of [[Master Spirits]], they would have been created, but there are just seven [[associative]] [[possibilities]], and only seven, [[inherent]] in [[the Deities|three Deities]]. And this explains why the [[universe]] is operated in seven grand divisions, and why the [[number]] seven is basically [[fundamental]] in its [[organization]] and [[administration]].  

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