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“Nothing intelligible can be written which, with time, I cannot decipher." Edgar Allan Poe I've always had a fascination with secret codes but they can get too complicated. I looked for a code that was very easy to use yet almost impossible to decipher. For me that code is the substitution of numbers for letters that appear in a book, magazine or other text. The only way I can see this being solved is if the people involved know what book, magazine or text is being used. Here is my version: FIRST: Both the sender and receiver of the message must have the same copy of text. This means the same book, magazine, etc. SECOND: Find the words that you need in your message then indicate their location with numbers. That's it! Here's how it works: First number = the page of the text being used. Second number = the paragraph on that page. Third number = the sentence in that paragraph. Fourth number = the word in that sentence. For exa