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Phoney Puzzle XIV
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial.
The authors of the quotes have been given.
9325, 6. 2 2378246 6378687 34767337 2335428464 843 96864 263 4639737436233. 2 7277466 8428 46384 233673 2 777295. -- Ambrose Bierce
3973743623 74697 8428 7822377 47 383 5377 86 2245489 8426 86 9325. 843 946637 47 43 946 44837 4467353 86 447 9675, 2639 263 7685. -- Charles Buxton
The authors of the quotes have been given.
9325, 6. 2 2378246 6378687 34767337 2335428464 843 96864 263 4639737436233. 2 7277466 8428 46384 233673 2 777295. -- Ambrose Bierce
3973743623 74697 8428 7822377 47 383 5377 86 2245489 8426 86 9325. 843 946637 47 43 946 44837 4467353 86 447 9675, 2639 263 7685. -- Charles Buxton
Hint
2 - ABC3 - DEF
4 - GHI
5 - JKL
6 - MNO
7 - PQRS
8 - TUV
9 - WXYZ
Answer
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. -- Ambrose BierceExperience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. -- Charles Buxton
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