Today's @bopinion #Conundrum is a jigsaw puzzle of sorts – but it's made out of words! 🧩🧩🧩bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
The goal is to assemble famous quotes from their "pieces," i.e., their individual words. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Each of the lines below👇 is a well-known quote or saying — but the words aren't in order. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
We've given you the name of the speaker or writer as a hint, and we've also sorted the words alphabetically to make them a little easier to pick out. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
But also — as sometimes happens with jigsaw puzzles, we kind of got the pieces from one mixed up with the others 🤦♂️.
Each line has one superfluous word, and those words together form an extra quote. Once you figure out what that is, you should look up who said it. That speaker is this week's answer. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
1. a ago all and and and are brought conceived continent created dedicated equal fathers forth four in liberty men nation new on our proposition score seven that the this to years [Abraham Lincoln] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
2. a between but cards nothing of pack you're [Alice] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
3. and animals be comfortable difference fur good in its keep let looks on only original own owner skin theirs your [Tim Howard] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
4. accomplish accomplished and are basically claim crowded extra first group have is less of people people people the there things things to two types who who [Mark Twain] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
5. an army extraordinary its marches on stomach [Frederick the Great] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
6. are buy crazy earth fool greed is is no on one sir that there thneed who with would you [The Lorax] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
7. eye jest little not or religion the with with [George Herbert] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
8. nevermore ordinary quoth raven the [Edgar Allan Poe] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
9 (part i). all almost alone and and beauty being can come describe eternity ever experienced for for for have have is joy knowledge little me ... bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
9 (part ii). ... mine more much mystical nature need no not of of of powerful really say suddenly that that the the there those those to unexpected who who with words [Jane Goodall] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
10. be be is not or question that the the to to [Hamlet] bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Some of these quotes might jump out at you immediately. For others, you might need references — and of course and you're always welcome to turn to Internet resources (or "Bartlett's Quotations," if you happen to have a copy). bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And while the jumbles might just look like word salad at first, they're not actually that hard to unscramble. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
A good first step is to look for long or otherwise unusual words, just like you might start off with the unusually colored or patterned pieces in a normal jigsaw puzzle. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
For example, Jane Goodall wrote plenty about "nature," but right next to that word you might spot "mystical." bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
That's not enough to pick out the quote on its own, but "mystical" along with "joy" and "knowledge" might lead you to the following line from Goodall's "Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey." bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
"For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; ... bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
... for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected." bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And then if you were keeping count, you would notice that the extra word was, well, "that." So "that" should get you started on your way to the extra quote that leads to the answer. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
There's a bonus puzzle this week, as well. Once you've found the main answer, you'll want to take another look at the quotes we gave you to start with.
Hidden in them somewhere is a clue to what is in some sense the most quotable answer possible. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Hidden in them somewhere is a clue to what is in some sense the most quotable answer possible. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
You might have trouble seeing the bonus clue at first — but don't forget that classic quotes sound best when read aloud. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Oh, and one other note: We've done our best to reproduce the quotes faithfully from references, but we haven't dug into historical and philological arguments. So the versions here might be slightly different from the forms you've heard. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
For example, that "an army" line is sometimes stated slightly differently, and sometimes attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
If you manage to complete this quote quest — or if you even make partial progress — please let us know at skpuzzles@bloomberg.net before midnight New York time on Thursday, September 30. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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