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A Thought on Literature
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 thoughts are those of American author and journalist, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).
Both puzzles use the same code.
O=W
"QWW RJJI AJJYB UQSZ JLZ DUXLR XL EJTTJL - DUZP QFZ DFVZF DUQL XM DUZP UQI UQKKZLZI."
"QWW TJIZFL QTZFXEQL WXDZFQDVFZ EJTZB MFJT JLZ AJJY AP TQFY DOQXL EQWWZI UVEYWZAZFFP MXLL."
Both puzzles use the same code.
O=W
"QWW RJJI AJJYB UQSZ JLZ DUXLR XL EJTTJL - DUZP QFZ DFVZF DUQL XM DUZP UQI UQKKZLZI."
"QWW TJIZFL QTZFXEQL WXDZFQDVFZ EJTZB MFJT JLZ AJJY AP TQFY DOQXL EQWWZI UVEYWZAZFFP MXLL."
Hint
A=BM=F
R=G
Answer
"ALL GOOD BOOKS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON - THEY ARE TRUER THAN IF THEY HAD HAPPENED.""ALL MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE COMES FROM ONE BOOK BY MARK TWAIN CALLED HUCKLEBERRY FINN."
KEY:
A=B
B=S
D=T
E=C
F=R
I=D
J=O
K=P
L=N
M=F
O=W
P=Y
Q=A
R=G
S=V
T=M
U=H
V=U
W=L
X=I
Y=K
Z=E
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