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)
“A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Z B=A C=N D=I E=Y F=G G=E H=V I=T J=U K=L L=W M=B N=S O=J P=O Q=M R=K S=C T=Q U=P V=X W=F X=R Y=H Z=D
“In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.”— Andrew Jackson, 1829, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=N B=M C=L D=B E=J F=C G=I H=X I=V J=P K=A L=O M=Z N=D O=U P=S Q=W R=G S=Y T=Q U=K V=T W=E X=F Y=H Z=R
“Every part of me then will be reduced by change into some part of the universe, and that again will change into another part of the universe, and so on forever.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=F B=K C=T D=U E=C F=E G=Y H=R I=S J=L K=Z L=A M=G N=V O=X P=W Q=J R=M S=N T=O U=I V=B W=H X=P Y=D Z=Q
“Our future progress and prosperity depend upon our ability to equal, if not surpass, other nations in the enlargement and advance of science, industry, and commerce.”— William McKinley, 1899, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=Y C=J D=R E=S F=K G=A H=E I=X J=Z K=H L=V M=N N=Q O=F P=D Q=B R=W S=T T=P U=I V=U W=C X=O Y=M Z=G
“No country can develop its full strength so long as the parts which make up the whole each put a feeling of loyalty to the part above the feeling of loyalty to the whole.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=D C=W D=M E=H F=G G=R H=Q I=V J=S K=X L=C M=P N=F O=T P=B Q=U R=J S=E T=O U=A V=I W=K X=Y Y=Z Z=N
“I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose, - words in their best order; poetry, - the best words in their best order.”— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1835, Table Talk (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=R B=Q C=S D=V E=T F=L G=A H=N I=W J=P K=Y L=F M=J N=M O=H P=O Q=U R=D S=X T=E U=I V=Z W=G X=B Y=C Z=K