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Society News

Russell's Theory of Cognition

The Russell Papers Find a Home

Bertrand Russell and Orwell's List

1961 Russell Letter to the Times

Boise, Rattlestick Theater, NYC

Russell Peace Foundation Report


Rustlings! russell-related word puzzles


Gerry Wildenberg

These quotes will be familiar to some Russell fans. After solving the ciphers, try to identify the source.

1. In this puzzle – and number 2 below – each letter stands for another letter. (For example, if O=B, R=E, etc., BERTRAND RUSSELL becomes OREGENAQ EHFFRYY.)

VOZGJPLXB GAO VAZPHGPJL ZOXPEPYL RJH
OHGJQXPHAOK OLGPZOXB RPGAYIG GAO AOXS YM
OPGAOZ OVYLYUPV YZ UPXPGJZB SYROZ.

2. I have made this puzzle harder by disguising word separations and removing punctuation. The letter grouping help readability; they don’t relate to the actual quote.

QVMQB RVMWJ XAWGX CFWGV KQBGW HQXBN QBVMW TQEED WWKNV VXAQV MMXDE XQDQC VMWZD QRWQN BXVKV KDDKE WNQGK LDWRQ BEXCV MQBH

3. The puzzle below is not a substitution cipher. Spaces and punctuation have been removed and the quote has been permuted slightly by exchanging some letters with nearby letters. As an example, “the puzzle below” appears: tuhepzlezbelwo.

BGINEINTREESTEDLNREIOGIINELDMEOTLOOOINTKQHE
TUTSEIOHOFWNETEHRTHEREWASERASNOTIBELOEVIET


Solutions to the August RUSTLINGS!