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"The Question, Just what is a language? was a little more tricky to work out. In the course of her workings out, Anna had come to the conclusion that in the realm of numbers there was one number which was far more important than any other number. This was the number 1 - important because any other number could be made up by adding sufficient numbers of ones. True, there was a tricky way out. You could, of course, use signs like 5, 37, or 574 instead of saying, "one plus one plus one plus one," etc. This method merely saved you time; it didn't alter the argument that 1 was the most important number.... Anna saw the "most important number 1" as the apex of a triangle - only her triangle was standing on that apex! Number 1 had to bear the weight of all the other numbers.... Anna showed me her workings out. One sheet of paper contained an upside-down triangle standing on the point labeled 1 - this was the numbers triangle. One sheet showed a triangle standing on the point labeled GOD, and the last sheet in the shoe box showed a triangle standing on the point marked ANNA!"