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   1 my dear miss n while the outbreak of the austro prussian war has dismayed many of the chattering
   2 classes i have found utter delight in the fact that we were able to forecast this development the
   3 fact that we were able to do so not days or weeks but months in advance is the proof that we have
   4 been seeking that our methods combined with the power of professor bs new device can deliver the
   5 knowledge we need to shape our destiny the new statistical tools that you have pioneered can i
   6 believe assist us in modelling further outbreaks of violence and unrest if you will allow me to mix
   7 metaphors while we will not always be able to predict the onset of disease we can hope to predict
   8 its course and thereby profit the device at trinity wharf is now working at full capacity and our
   9 colleagues tell me that it can compute anything we ask of it given enough time and space in which to
  10 record the answers of course these practical men did not think to ask how much time any particular
  11 question might take before we can receive its answer but i think this is a calculation that i can
  12 leave to you before she was taken from us al wrote extensive notes on the potential of the device
  13 and i suspect you will find the answers there in in the current context the machine provided with
  14 diplomatic intelligence by our network of agents in europe took five weeks to calculate the
  15 likelihood that bismarck would launch his offensive and to use the weather data gathered by ws
  16 telegraphic network to suggest when the attack would be launched we had little agency in the
  17 conflict itself but we were able to advise our sympathisers in government and thereby to expand our
  18 influence our intelligence analysts are now working to determine the likely progression of the
  19 conflict in the hope of finding new ways to profit from it in mentioning wi realise that i forgot to
  20 pass on his advice concerning security he has convinced me that our current policy of communicating
  21 via substitution ciphers really is not sufficient to conceal our intentions as our network expands
  22 the risk of leaks increase she is working on a new and considerably more fiendish cipher to be used
  23 for our most delicate secrets and i hope to hear more about his progress on that when i meet him
  24 next month maxwell will be delivering the baker ian lecture and he is hoping to attend i did wonder
  25 if m would be amenable to joining our conspiracy but perhaps i should discuss that with the rest of
  26 the curia i look forward to hearing your deliberations on the efficiency of the device and any
  27 thoughts you might have on its development best wishes abc