The magic constant or magic sum of a magic square is the sum of numbers in any row, column, or diagonal of the magic square. For example, the magic square shown below has a magic constant of 15.
The term magic constant or magic sum is similarly applied to other "magic" figures such as magic stars and magic cubes.
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“Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“There’s nothing constant in the world,
All ebb and flow, and every shape that’s born
Bears in its womb the seeds of change.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
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