Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 40 | "You have View more quotes about surely">surely not failed to notice," said Misk, "that though you came to the Counter-Earth more than seven years ago you have undergone no significant physical alteration in that time". |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 37 | It is better for observing their variations, from the scientific point of view, and it is safer for us if they remain disunited, for being rational they might develop a science, and being subrational it might be dangerous for us and for themselves if they did so". |
| 16 | 38 | "That is the reason then for your limitations of their weaponry and technology?" "Of course," said Misk, "but we have allowed them to develop in many areas—in medicine, for example, where something approximating the Stabilization Serums has been independently developed". |
| 16 | 39 | "What is that?" I asked. |
| 16 | 40 | "You have surely not failed to notice," said Misk, "that though you came to the Counter-Earth more than seven years ago you have undergone no significant physical alteration in that time". |
| 16 | 41 | "I have noticed," I said, "and I wondered on this". |
| 16 | 42 | "Of course," said Misk, "their serums are not as effective as ours and sometimes do not function, and sometimes the effect wears off after only a few hundred years". |
| 16 | 43 | "This was kind of you," I said. |
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It is better for observing their variations, from the scientific point of view, and it is safer for us if they remain disunited, for being rational they might develop a science, and being subrational it might be dangerous for us and for themselves if they did so".
"That is the reason then for your limitations of their weaponry and technology?" "Of course," said Misk, "but we have allowed them to develop in many areas—in medicine, for example, where something approximating the Stabilization Serums has been independently developed".
"What is that?" I asked.
"You have surely not failed to notice," said Misk, "that though you came to the Counter-Earth more than seven years ago you have undergone no significant physical alteration in that time".
"I have noticed," I said, "and I wondered on this".
"Of course," said Misk, "their serums are not as effective as ours and sometimes do not function, and sometimes the effect wears off after only a few hundred years".
"This was kind of you," I said.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)