Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 11 | 42 | It is memorized and sung about the fires, and in the halls, and View more quotes about thus">thus is carried on the literary tradition. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 11 | 39 | Illiteracy, however, has seldom deterred poets. |
| 11 | 40 | Indeed, some of the greatest poets of all times were illiterate. |
| 11 | 41 | Among folks as different as Tuchuks and Torvaldslanders, for example, poetry is seldom written down. |
| 11 | 42 | It is memorized and sung about the fires, and in the halls, and thus is carried on the literary tradition. |
| 11 | 43 | And poets such as Hurtha, it seemed to me, were even less likely to be deterred by illiteracy than many others. |
| 11 | 44 | "He leaped out at me, from behind a wagon, with his ax!" said the fellow. |
| 11 | 45 | "'I am a poet,' he announced, his ax at the ready. |
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Illiteracy, however, has seldom deterred poets.
Indeed, some of the greatest poets of all times were illiterate.
Among folks as different as Tuchuks and Torvaldslanders, for example, poetry is seldom written down.
It is memorized and sung about the fires, and in the halls, and thus is carried on the literary tradition.
And poets such as Hurtha, it seemed to me, were even less likely to be deterred by illiteracy than many others.
"He leaped out at me, from behind a wagon, with his ax!" said the fellow.
"'I am a poet,' he announced, his ax at the ready.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)