Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 2308 | It is like the View more quotes about english">English king who in the legend sat upon the beach and forbade the incoming waves to touch his robes". |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 2305 | Surely there is some sort of category confusion here. |
| 25 | 2306 | Laws cannot validly be passed against facts. |
| 25 | 2307 | Any such law is automatically null and void. |
| 25 | 2308 | It is like the English king who in the legend sat upon the beach and forbade the incoming waves to touch his robes". |
| 25 | 2309 | "What happened?" she asked. |
| 25 | 2310 | "He got wet," I said. |
| 25 | 2311 | "To be sure, he may have ordered the waves beaten, but, as far as we know, the ocean failed to take note of this". |
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Surely there is some sort of category confusion here.
Laws cannot validly be passed against facts.
Any such law is automatically null and void.
It is like the English king who in the legend sat upon the beach and forbade the incoming waves to touch his robes".
"What happened?" she asked.
"He got wet," I said.
"To be sure, he may have ordered the waves beaten, but, as far as we know, the ocean failed to take note of this".
- (Mercenaries of Gor)