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"The Appraisal": Solution

Posted in Puzzles by Greg Ross on October 25th, 2007

Solution to The Appraisal, from Wednesday:

Neither is authentic. No one in 51 B.C. could have foreseen the existence of Jesus of Nazareth, much less that he would arrive in exactly 51 years. And George would not have been called George I until it became necessary to distinguish him from George II ("Victoria" will not become "Victoria I" until we have a "Victoria II").