Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 36 | 18 | View more quotes about first">First, it is a weapon which requires considerable strength and skill to use effectively. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 36 | 15 | "It is, in its way, a power weapon". |
| 36 | 16 | It is spoken of sometimes on Gor as the Great Bow, or the Peasant Bow. |
| 36 | 17 | As the power of such a weapon may not be clear to everyone, it is perhaps germane to what follows to speak of its nature. |
| 36 | 18 | First, it is a weapon which requires considerable strength and skill to use effectively. |
| 36 | 19 | A woman, for example, would be unlikely to be able to bend the bow, and many men could not. |
| 36 | 20 | It requires great strength even to string the bow, let alone to draw it and fire the projectile. |
| 36 | 21 | Too, even with the strength to bend the bow it requires additional strength to keep it bent, to steady it, and to train it on a target. |
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"It is, in its way, a power weapon".
It is spoken of sometimes on Gor as the Great Bow, or the Peasant Bow.
As the power of such a weapon may not be clear to everyone, it is perhaps germane to what follows to speak of its nature.
First, it is a weapon which requires considerable strength and skill to use effectively.
A woman, for example, would be unlikely to be able to bend the bow, and many men could not.
It requires great strength even to string the bow, let alone to draw it and fire the projectile.
Too, even with the strength to bend the bow it requires additional strength to keep it bent, to steady it, and to train it on a target.
- (Kur of Gor)