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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 quote is from Washington Irving (1783 - 1859). He was the American writer who created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane.
Can you decode it?
* The hint contains three vowels.
B=P
"Z RHLS FJZGY HQ Z AKXLYZHL KA CPZSLJQQ, NZRHLC JMJGUYFHLC HL HYQ MHTHLHYU AGJQFJL HLYK QNHPJQ."
"FJ HQ YFJ YGXJ JLTFZLYJG, OFKQJ QBJPP KBJGZYJQ, LKY XBKL YFJ QJLQJQ, WXY XBKL YFJ HNZCHLZYHKL ZLS YFJ FJZGY."
Can you decode it?
* The hint contains three vowels.
B=P
"Z RHLS FJZGY HQ Z AKXLYZHL KA CPZSLJQQ, NZRHLC JMJGUYFHLC HL HYQ MHTHLHYU AGJQFJL HLYK QNHPJQ."
"FJ HQ YFJ YGXJ JLTFZLYJG, OFKQJ QBJPP KBJGZYJQ, LKY XBKL YFJ QJLQJQ, WXY XBKL YFJ HNZCHLZYHKL ZLS YFJ FJZGY."
Hint
J=EK=O
Z=A
Answer
"A KIND HEART IS A FOUNTAIN OF GLADNESS, MAKING EVERYTHING IN ITS VICINITY FRESHEN INTO SMILES.""HE IS THE TRUE ENCHANTER, WHOSE SPELL OPERATES, NOT UPON THE SENSES, BUT UPON THE IMAGINATION AND THE HEART."
KEY:
A=F
B=P
C=G
F=H
G=R
H=I
J=E
K=O
L=N
M=V
N=M
O=W
P=L
Q=S
R=K
S=D
T=C
U=Y
W=B
X=U
Y=T
Z=A
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