Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-19
BI.LITERAL CIPHER OF FRANCIS BACON
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Following Is a statement from Eliza
beta w. Gallup, who claims TO have dis
covered q cypher in Francis Bacon ,
works proving him to be both the au,
thor of the shakespearean plays ana
a son Of Queen Elizabeth, heir by rlght
of birth to the throne OF England
To thousands who tread minimizing,
~ the earth's fair surface, the mineral
constitution Of the globe, or the history
OF its formation, Is az sealed Dooh'
The geologist, however pointing GUY
the parallel lines in a rock wiz yen
us they indicate the glacial period
From a piece OF coal he viii describe
the forests and plant lie which formed
Inc coal measures OF the carboniterous
era He finds where volcaQlc actioh
reveals strata from unknown depths,
and reads their history like pilh'eu
page. .,,,,a
In architecture, the ages stamped
each us own peculiarities upon cViuuln
and temple, and the student Oh 'nue
science viii declare the date OF tue
ruins which accident or eNcaVauoh
have brought 10 view.
We see tapering obellsk inscriDVu
with hleroglyphics, and say TINS ~
Egyptian The eye educated 10 us
eliminate will study the writings upon
the stone that has been preserved from
remote ages, and will say, TINS is lhe
hleroglyphc proper this ldeograpn'c,
this the phonetic, or Of this or lhat
peculiar character, this Is the Egyp-
tion heratie; this the Phoeneclah'
ihcsa the Cunlform characters OF ne
ancient Persian or Assyrian inscrlp-
tions, and few Wil challenge the COR
rettncss OF the decipherings.
The sayant will tell US that the en-
yironment. the nationality and person.
allty are Enthusiastically Impressed upon
the literature Of every country marx
the times and character of us people
and the stage Of It's progress year
by wear. decade by decade, age by age,
time passed and wrought rs changes
until that period was reached IN when
the English people OF the present day
are interested because OF the discussion
which ID has aroused--the latter part
OF the XVIII and beginning OF inc
NVIIth centuries, Knighthood had
passed its flower but the English court
SIN loved the tales Of knightly deeds
and found delight in the fancles OF the
Shepherds Calender and Faerie
Queene. Legitimate drama began 10
develop, replacing Mosques ana mys-
terles. History was written ana its
lessons emphasized by dramatic repre-
sensations. Essays brought the truth
phome TO mens' bosOms and business,
and experimental science made clear
that "there are more things IN heaven
M Df nllr
philosophy
This was the age when Francis ia.
con lived and wrote and fantasy ana
essay, and drama began to appear a
first anonymously, and then unuer
names OF men as authors, whose ives
habits and capabilities presented the
most incongruous contrasts 10 III,
works published, They were days OF
peril and secret intrigue, when the
words from the lips Of the courtlei
were often farthest removed from th'
thought of the brain and when all Sc.
cret communications were committed
20 cipher.
or all the welghty secrets OF that
time none save the Queen OF England
herself bore any more momentous thar
that prolific author. So momentous
were they that few traces OF their I'M
port found place upon the public rec
ords In connected or inteligihle FORM
and were supposed 20 have died viii
those most intimately connected witt
them.
Bacon placed in his De Augmenti'
sclentiarum the key TO simple bu
most useful cipher. OF his own inven
tlon, and we now find that through il'
fundamentally the secrets so jealousy
guarded In his life time were commit
ted 10 his works, and waited only tn
hand and vision Of a decipherer to b.
revealed TO the ages which should fol
low
Because the writer Of this artlcl
has for seven years worked upon tn
Ciphers OF Bacon, not as a dilettante
but as one who realized the Import
ance and yastness Of the undertaking.
urged on by the fascination OF O grea
discovery and a growing interest in tn