Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 194 | I would not bend to diminish, nor cloud, the glory of Cos, but I did not View more quotes about regard">regard her as unique amongst the communities of men. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 191 | "The laws of Cos," I said, "march with the spears of Cos". |
| 4 | 192 | "That is a saying, is it not?" asked Lord Nishida. |
| 4 | 193 | "Yes," I said. |
| 4 | 194 | I would not bend to diminish, nor cloud, the glory of Cos, but I did not regard her as unique amongst the communities of men. |
| 4 | 195 | Surely violence, aggression, opportunism, territoriality, imperialism, and such, were not her exclusive possessions. |
| 4 | 196 | Is the way of war not the way of men? Surely her spears were matched ever with spears, her blades with blades. |
| 4 | 197 | Indeed, how is a state to wax great save by the spear, the blade? If this is the way of Cos, is it not also the way of Ar, Turia, and a hundred other cities? How are trade routes, cities, fields, mines, slaves, and such to be conveniently purchased save by steel? The larl rules his domain; he does not discuss it with the tabuk. |
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"The laws of Cos," I said, "march with the spears of Cos".
"That is a saying, is it not?" asked Lord Nishida.
"Yes," I said.
I would not bend to diminish, nor cloud, the glory of Cos, but I did not regard her as unique amongst the communities of men.
Surely violence, aggression, opportunism, territoriality, imperialism, and such, were not her exclusive possessions.
Is the way of war not the way of men? Surely her spears were matched ever with spears, her blades with blades.
Indeed, how is a state to wax great save by the spear, the blade? If this is the way of Cos, is it not also the way of Ar, Turia, and a hundred other cities? How are trade routes, cities, fields, mines, slaves, and such to be conveniently purchased save by steel? The larl rules his domain; he does not discuss it with the tabuk.
- (Mariners of Gor)