Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1080 | View more quotes about surely">Surely they could live otherwise, but they have not chosen to do so. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1077 | Viewed in this manner tribal warfare may be seen as an example of intraspecific aggression, with its attendant consequences in decentralizing and refining diverse populations. |
| 1 | 1078 | Too, if one regards these things as of any interest, the counting of coup and intertribal warfare lends color, excitement and zest to the lives of the red savages. |
| 1 | 1079 | They live in a world in which danger is not unknown. |
| 1 | 1080 | Surely they could live otherwise, but they have not chosen to do so. |
| 1 | 1081 | They live with the stars and the winds, and the kaiila and kailiauk. |
| 1 | 1082 | They have not chosen to revere the fat-bellied, beer-drinking gods of more sedentary peoples. |
| 1 | 1083 | Too, of course, it should be noted that the counting of coup tends, statistically, to ensure that it is the stronger and healthier, the more alert, the more intelligent and sharper-sensed who will reproduce themselves. |
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Viewed in this manner tribal warfare may be seen as an example of intraspecific aggression, with its attendant consequences in decentralizing and refining diverse populations.
Too, if one regards these things as of any interest, the counting of coup and intertribal warfare lends color, excitement and zest to the lives of the red savages.
They live in a world in which danger is not unknown.
Surely they could live otherwise, but they have not chosen to do so.
They live with the stars and the winds, and the kaiila and kailiauk.
They have not chosen to revere the fat-bellied, beer-drinking gods of more sedentary peoples.
Too, of course, it should be noted that the counting of coup tends, statistically, to ensure that it is the stronger and healthier, the more alert, the more intelligent and sharper-sensed who will reproduce themselves.
- (Savages of Gor)