Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 81 | The View more quotes about sight">sight of large metal vessels, coming and going, might make the Priest-Kings seem too comprehensible, remarkable, and powerful, but comprehensible. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 78 | The dark, palisaded Sardar itself, the abode of Priest-Kings, is sealed away. |
| 4 | 79 | It is sacred, and forbidden. |
| 4 | 80 | Accordingly, the agents of Priest-Kings, on the surface of Gor, tend to move as Goreans would move, and commonly appear indistinguishable from ordinary Goreans. |
| 4 | 81 | The sight of large metal vessels, coming and going, might make the Priest-Kings seem too comprehensible, remarkable, and powerful, but comprehensible. |
| 4 | 82 | Humans are likely to fear best what they cannot see; what they can see they may investigate. |
| 4 | 83 | Too, the caste of Initiates, which claims to mediate between humans and Priest-Kings, with their sacrifices, and such, would obviously prefer for Priest-Kings to remain as invisible and mysterious as possible. |
| 4 | 84 | Thus they can interpret their "will" as they please, as the wind blows, so to speak, or, perhaps more accurately, as the gold depresses the scales. |
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The dark, palisaded Sardar itself, the abode of Priest-Kings, is sealed away.
It is sacred, and forbidden.
Accordingly, the agents of Priest-Kings, on the surface of Gor, tend to move as Goreans would move, and commonly appear indistinguishable from ordinary Goreans.
The sight of large metal vessels, coming and going, might make the Priest-Kings seem too comprehensible, remarkable, and powerful, but comprehensible.
Humans are likely to fear best what they cannot see; what they can see they may investigate.
Too, the caste of Initiates, which claims to mediate between humans and Priest-Kings, with their sacrifices, and such, would obviously prefer for Priest-Kings to remain as invisible and mysterious as possible.
Thus they can interpret their "will" as they please, as the wind blows, so to speak, or, perhaps more accurately, as the gold depresses the scales.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)