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"Now, in English, the letter which most frequently occurs is e.
Afterwards, succession runs thus: a o i d h n r s t u y c f g l m w b k
p q x z. E predominates so remarkably that an individual sentence of
any length is rarely seen, in which it is not the prevailing character.
"Here, then, we leave, in the very beginning, the groundwork for
something more than a mere guess. The general use which may be made of
the table is obvious--but, in this particular cipher, we shall only very
partially require its aid. As our predominant character is 8, we will
commence by assuming it as the e of the natural alphabet. To verify
the supposition, let us observe if the 8 be seen often in couples--for
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