A good anagram was once made from the translation in the Vulgate of
Pontius Pilate’s last question to our Saviour, “What is truth”—“_Quid
est veritas?_” The anagram answers, “_Est vir qui adest_”—“It is the man
who is before you.” This example complies with the conditions of a
perfect anagram. It employs all the letters—does not depend on
pronunciation—and makes the anagramatised sentence an answer to the
direct form.
Wilkie Collins.—We coil in skill.
Guiseppe Garibaldi.—Gape Pig! as I re-build.
Eugénie Imperatrice.—Mere Peace! I intrigue.
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