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A Thought on Forgiveness
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
The following quotes are from American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885). Can you decode them?
All puzzles use the same key.
S=Y
"ACDUOWW SCEP WXDW YC YZO JCPG HDG SCE LXJJ NO UCPVXFOD; ACDUOWW YZOK YC KHD HDG SCE LXJJ NO JHEVZOG HY."
"XY XW H FOPS GOJXAHYO QCN YC UCPVXFO H KHD, LXYZCEY JCLOPXDV ZXK XD ZXW CLD OWYXKHYXCD, HDG SCEPW YCC."
All puzzles use the same key.
S=Y
"ACDUOWW SCEP WXDW YC YZO JCPG HDG SCE LXJJ NO UCPVXFOD; ACDUOWW YZOK YC KHD HDG SCE LXJJ NO JHEVZOG HY."
"XY XW H FOPS GOJXAHYO QCN YC UCPVXFO H KHD, LXYZCEY JCLOPXDV ZXK XD ZXW CLD OWYXKHYXCD, HDG SCEPW YCC."
Hint
J=LN=B
Y=T
Answer
"CONFESS YOUR SINS TO THE LORD AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN; CONFESS THEM TO MAN AND YOU WILL BE LAUGHED AT.""IT IS A VERY DELICATE JOB TO FORGIVE A MAN, WITHOUT LOWERING HIM IN HIS OWN ESTIMATION, AND YOURS TOO."
KEY:
A=C
C=O
D=N
E=U
F=V
G=D
H=A
J=L
K=M
L=W
N=B
O=E
P=R
Q=J
S=Y
U=F
V=G
W=S
X=I
Y=T
Z=H
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