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The relationship between the number of words in a pass phraseand the equivalent number of bits in an encryption key is asfollows. We must assume (since anybody, including adversaries,can download this page) that the dictionary from which wechoose words is known. This dictionary contains 27489(somewhat) common English words, so the information content ofa word chosen randomly from the dictionary is simply its orderin the dictionary, 0 to 27488, orlog₂(27489)≈14.75 bits per word. When youspecify a number of Words, the Bits field showsthe number of bits (rounded down) equivalent; when you requesta key of a given number of Bits, the Words fieldis set to produce a key with information content of at leastthat number of bits, and the Bits field shows theprecise bit equivalent (equal to or greater than the number ofBits you requested). To obtain the maximum securityavailable from JavaScrypt encryption, you should use keys withinformation content of 256 bits or more. This is equivalent to18 word phrases, which may prove unwieldy if you have to typethem in.

Signatures

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'This too shall pass' (Persian: این نیز بگذرد‎, romanized: īn nīz bogzarad) is a Persianadage translated and used in several languages. It reflects on the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition. The general sentiment is often expressed in wisdom literature throughout history and across cultures, but the specific phrase seems to have originated in the writings of the medieval PersianSufi poets.

It is known in the Western world primarily due to a 19th-century retelling of Persian fable by the English poet Edward FitzGerald. It was also notably employed in a speech by Abraham Lincoln before he became the sixteenth President of the United States.

History[edit]

An early English citation of 'this too shall pass' appears in 1848:

When an Eastern sage was desired by his sultan to inscribe on a ring the sentiment which, amidst the perpetual change of human affairs, was most descriptive of their real tendency, he engraved on it the words : — 'And this, too, shall pass away.' It is impossible to imagine a thought more truly and universally applicable to human affairs than that expressed in these memorable words, or more descriptive of that perpetual oscillation from good to evil, and from evil to good, which from the beginning of the world has been the invariable characteristic of the annals of man, and so evidently flows from the strange mixture of noble and generous with base and selfish inclinations, which is constantly found in the children of Adam.^[1]

It was also used in 1852, in a retelling of the fable entitled 'Solomon's Seal' by the English poet Edward FitzGerald.^{[2][better source needed]} In it, a sultan requests of King Solomon a sentence that would always be true in good times or bad; Solomon responds, 'This too will pass away'.^[3] On September 30, 1859, Abraham Lincoln recounted a similar story:

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!^[4][5]

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Origin of the fable[edit]

The fable retold by FitzGerald can be traced to the first half of the 19th century, appearing in American papers by at least as early as 1839.^[3] It usually involved a nameless 'Eastern monarch'. Its origin has been traced to the works of Persian Sufi poets, such as Rumi, Sanai and Attar of Nishapur.^[3] Attar records the fable of a powerful king who asks assembled wise men to create a ring that will make him happy when he is sad. After deliberation the sages hand him a simple ring with the Persian words 'This too shall pass' etched on it, which has the desired effect to make him happy when he is sad. It also, however, became a curse for whenever he is happy.^[3]

This story also appears in the Jewish folklore.^[6] Many versions of the story have been recorded by the Israel Folklore Archive at the University of Haifa.^[7]Jewish folklore often casts Solomon as either the king humbled by the adage, or as the one who delivers it to another.

In some versions the phrase is simplified even further, appearing as only the Hebrew lettersgimel, zayin, and yodh, which begin the words 'Gam zeh ya'avor' (Hebrew: גַּם זֶה יַעֲבֹר‏‎, gam zeh yaavor), 'this too shall pass.'

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References[edit]

1. ^'The Revolutions in Europe', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, May, 1848, p. 638
2. ^in Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances
3. ^ ^abcdKeyes, Ralph (2006). The quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When. Macmillan. pp. 159–160. ISBN0-312-34004-4.
4. ^'Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society'. Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
5. ^'The Advantages of 'Thorough Cultivation', and the Fallacies of the 'Mud-sill' Theory of Labor's Subjection to Capital' . Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln. 5. 1907. p. 293.
6. ^Leiman, Shnayer Z. (Spring 2008). 'Judith Ish-Kishor: This Too Shall Pass'. Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 41 (1): 71–77. JSTOR23263507.
7. ^Taylor, Archer (1968). 'This Too Will Pass'. In Harkort, Fritz; Peeters, Karel Constant; Wildhaber, Robert (eds.). Volksüberlieferung: Festschrift für Kurt Ranke. Göttingen: Otto Schwartz. pp. 345–350.

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