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These coded quotes will be familiar to some Russellians. After sol-ving the ciphers below, try to identify the source. 1. In this puzzle - and number 2 below - each letter stands for another letter. For example, if O = B, R = E, etc., Bertrand Russell becomes Oregenaq Ehffrey. ly gnrkeyn gf yogiewv rkkrhpey kmriyhh -kymsgkh lmrfjwv - pf esy ighy rz elr mgeprfgw zygmh lspis lymy lsrwwv gthyfe. 2. I have made this cipher harder by disguising word separations and removing punctuation. The letter groups help in reading; they don’t relate to the actual quote. nkfdc uawux jbyhc jixni xwfif hfhcj ixwuxdwfzn chhfh cjiiu yywfz iwnik cnduk nouhn ctuoj bkwfk cboku wjaus uoeoj ziwni ifzuj cmous uciuh wfzeo jzobc cfctf cyjct tonkk jciwu tojbc hiwni iwuou zftwi qukcn duk 3. The puzzle below is not a substitution cipher. The quote has spaces and punctuation removed and is permuted slightly by exchanging some letters with nearby letters. For example, ‘THE PUZZLE BELOW’ might permute to: ‘TUHEPZLEZBELWO’. inifsipteoyallfofreufostrgarveurceltyvedelospalatateargtehemattrematetrsumttebakevne ryesriouylsdndaeaitwlhtliklanielsens Problems are below. They come from Dear Bertrand Russell, George Allen & Unwin, 1969. 1. Harlem is a city occupied by an oppressive army serving what amounts to an outside power. 2. Mr. Nehru, who was my friend, pursued policies opposed to the Cold War, although he was not successful in seriously changing the pattern of poverty in India. 3. ...I have every sympathy with your wish to convert your fiancee to free thought... I think however, that you should exercise some caution as regards sexual blackmail... |