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Numbers 1 and 2 below are coded Russell-quotes in which each letter stands for another letter. (E.G., BERTRAND RUSSELL could be coded as OREGENAQ EHFFRYY, O=B, R=E, etc.) The quotes below use different codes. After solving them, try to identify the source. 1. SEXJIU YC E ZYGN BZZMFYIK WN EP BFFXICCYDI EXUN CIXDYPT OSEG EUBMPGC GB EP BMGCYKI FBOIX 2. In the cypher below the word separations are disguised and punctuation is removed. The grouping into 5 letter "words" is meant only to help readability and does not relate to the actual quote. IXBPA XKVAJ VYUIO CXMPB WRKXU KPWRJ HMQMP UJRRJ UPWSJ SAPQJ HWVYX YHSAJ KNAAP VYUBJ SUKQQ PUUCK HMBUP XMJKU HOQAY BNMBN SAPRY SSPXB JCRJF PXSOM BMBWM Y 3. The puzzle below is not a substitution cipher. The quote below has had its spaces and punctuation removed and some of the letters have been exchanged with nearby letters. For example, "The puzzle below" might be changed to: tuhepzlezbelwo
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1. One of the most important elements of success in becoming a man of genius is to learn the art of denunciation. - "How to Become a Man of Genius" in Columns From the Hearst Newspapers, 1932. 2. Logic, in the Middle Ages, and down to the present day in teaching, meant no more than a scholastic collection of technical terms and rules of syllogistic inference. - Our Knowledge of the External World 1914, 1928. 3. One of the odd effects of the importance which each of us attaches to himself, is that we tend to imagine our own good or evil fortune to be the purpose of other people's actions. - "Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind" in Unpopular Essays 1949. |