Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 36 | Families alternate in the fueling and tending of such lamps. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 33 | I paused, View more quotes about near">near a tiny tharlarion-oil lamp. |
| 17 | 34 | It was about a yard above my head, recessed in a small niche. |
| 17 | 35 | It was by means of such that the street was lit. |
| 17 | 36 | Families alternate in the fueling and tending of such lamps. |
| 17 | 37 | As in many such matters, as in cleaning and repairing streets, Gorean responsibility tends to devolve on the individual and not on the polity. |
| 17 | 38 | His taxes, in this sense, in such matters, are applied directly, and by himself, to the affairs with which they are concerned. |
| 17 | 39 | Third parties, thus, in such matters, are not involved, and he knows precisely, at least in such instances, how much money is involved, and where it is being spent. |
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I paused, near a tiny tharlarion-oil lamp.
It was about a yard above my head, recessed in a small niche.
It was by means of such that the street was lit.
Families alternate in the fueling and tending of such lamps.
As in many such matters, as in cleaning and repairing streets, Gorean responsibility tends to devolve on the individual and not on the polity.
His taxes, in this sense, in such matters, are applied directly, and by himself, to the affairs with which they are concerned.
Third parties, thus, in such matters, are not involved, and he knows precisely, at least in such instances, how much money is involved, and where it is being spent.
- (Guardsman of Gor)