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The term "anagram" in literature often serves as a metaphorical device that hints at hidden meanings and transformations. For instance, George Santayana uses it in a philosophical context, suggesting that the mind becomes a clear anagram of accumulated experience—effectively transforming through discipline and insight [1, 2]. In contrast, Guy de Maupassant plays with the term more literally, constructing playful puzzles with words to comment on social dynamics, as seen in his clever juxtaposition of the town names Riom and Mori [3]. Thomas Carlyle similarly employs the concept during his reflections on the French Revolution, where anagrams reveal concealed identities and historical truths [4]. Additionally, François Rabelais incorporates the anagram as a witty signature in his literature, adding a layer of erudition through the self-referential rearrangement of names [5].
  1. Such eminence is the reward of having accepted discipline and made the mind a clear anagram of much experience.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  2. Human tastes, habits, and dreams enter the fable, expanding it into some little drama, or some mystic anagram of mortal life.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  3. A sad town whose anagram constitutes it an objectionable neighbor to healing springs: Riom, Mori.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  4. ( Felemhesi ( anagram for Mehee Fils ), La Verite tout entiere, sur les vrais auteurs de la journee du 2 Septembre 1792 ( reprinted in Hist.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  5. A eulogistic quatrain is signed Nature quite, which, it is generally agreed, is an anagram of Jean Turquet.
    — from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

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