# Need help with word puzzle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-word-puzzle/849015>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-word-puzzle/849015 "2020-03-06T15:20:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-word-puzzle/849015/1 "2020-03-06T15:20:15Z")

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Sorry to bother you, but I have been doing cryptograms for years and almost always get them. This one has totally stumped me and if anyone has free time, at least give me what the H and T are supposed to be. Thank you.

> **[Cryptogram Puzzle 4680 - Free Cryptogram Puzzle - All-Star Puzzles](https://www.allstarpuzzles.com/cryptogram/04680.html)**
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> Classic cryptograms with a challenging twist.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-word-puzzle/849015/2 "2020-03-06T18:21:17Z")

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Hmm. If you decrypt the ciphertext “WMHJ DCVUBN. WTGAY DCVNQWBN. WMHJ YBWVBN AU HCTUHB, WTGAY AU HCTYTHQBY.”, you get

LUCK WHINES. LABOR WHISTLES. LUCK RELIES ON CHANCE, LABOR ON CHARACTER.

so I guess the answer is

Richard Cobden

??