Some sentences are so remarkable that they become famous. Place
one letter in each empty box to complete the following famous
sentence:
As with most such famous sentences, no one knows exactly who
composed it. However, a simpler version of this famous sentence
appears in the published work of a famous poet, and that is
probably where it came from. Place one letter in each empty box to
complete the name of this poet:
Observe that an index number appears underneath each box. Assign
a value to each letter according to a=1, b=2, etc. Substitute into
each box below the value of the letter from the corresponding box
above. Corresponding boxes have the same index number. Calculate
the formulae to get the coordinates of the cache.
Fifteen digit checksum is fifty-four. Bring a pen.
5/1/2006 — Some alterations are so
fundamental that they ought to be famous. Grr. Historical research
may be required in order to complete the puzzle successfully. You
want to be back in 2005, or earlier.
12/1/2006 — Speaking of famous alterations,
I'm changing the name of this cache. The original name was "ey eh
ur", which was cute in a way but always seemed kind of lame. It
took me a year, but I finally figured out that this cache should be
called "Fame". So now it is.