6 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Solver's cheat sheet
Most common letters
E T A O I N S H R D L U
Most common 1-letter words
A I
Most common 2-letter words
OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
Most common 3-letter words
THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
Common double letters
LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
Common word endings
-ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
After an apostrophe
T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
“We can no more halve things and get the sensual good, by itself, than we can get an inside that shall have no outside, or a light without a shadow.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=B B=N C=A D=R E=L F=W G=C H=V I=D J=Q K=S L=I M=T N=K O=F P=X Q=H R=U S=Y T=J U=Z V=G W=E X=M Y=O Z=P
“In meeting the problems of this difficult period, we have witnessed a remarkable development of the sense of cooperation in the community.”— Herbert Hoover, 1931, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=P B=H C=L D=N E=M F=W G=Y H=O I=G J=U K=S L=B M=E N=C O=V P=I Q=A R=K S=D T=J U=F V=X W=Z X=R Y=T Z=Q
“The advancement of world civilization likewise is dependent upon that order among the people of different countries which we term peace.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1928, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Q B=X C=V D=E E=W F=G G=A H=I I=S J=K K=L L=B M=J N=C O=M P=R Q=U R=F S=H T=Y U=D V=T W=O X=Z Y=N Z=P
“He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is.”— Marcus Aurelius, 170, Meditations, VIII. 52 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=V B=Z C=Y D=A E=B F=R G=L H=M I=O J=N K=S L=D M=X N=E O=U P=W Q=I R=T S=C T=K U=F V=H W=P X=G Y=Q Z=J
“The great Government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes, and those who used it had forgotten the people.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1913, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Q B=V C=I D=B E=C F=A G=O H=M I=D J=W K=G L=Y M=X N=J O=K P=U Q=E R=H S=F T=P U=Z V=N W=T X=R Y=S Z=L
“Substantial progress was also made towards the creation of a permanent judicial tribunal for the determination of international causes.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=M B=A C=O D=Z E=I F=T G=V H=D I=S J=F K=Q L=H M=L N=J O=Y P=B Q=E R=N S=X T=R U=C V=U W=K X=G Y=W Z=P