Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 27 | It adds to the View more quotes about authority">authority of officers, and tends to reduce the likelihood of serious harm amongst the men. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 24 | "No," I said. |
| 5 | 25 | "On a Cosian warship only the officers are armed, until an engagement is imminent, and then weapons are distributed". |
| 5 | 26 | This arrangement is not that unusual. |
| 5 | 27 | It adds to the authority of officers, and tends to reduce the likelihood of serious harm amongst the men. |
| 5 | 28 | It takes time, usually, to beat a fellow bloody and senseless, and he is likely to recover sooner or later, and perhaps put an end to the quarrel over a jug of paga, but an angry word, a swift movement, and a flash of steel, and one may well have lost a shipmate, and eventually, given the friendships and alliances amongst the men, more than one. |
| 5 | 29 | Those on board a ship constitute a small community, confined within a circumscribed area. |
| 5 | 30 | A strict discipline must be maintained on board, as in a cage of sleen, lest they tear one another to pieces. |
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"No," I said.
"On a Cosian warship only the officers are armed, until an engagement is imminent, and then weapons are distributed".
This arrangement is not that unusual.
It adds to the authority of officers, and tends to reduce the likelihood of serious harm amongst the men.
It takes time, usually, to beat a fellow bloody and senseless, and he is likely to recover sooner or later, and perhaps put an end to the quarrel over a jug of paga, but an angry word, a swift movement, and a flash of steel, and one may well have lost a shipmate, and eventually, given the friendships and alliances amongst the men, more than one.
Those on board a ship constitute a small community, confined within a circumscribed area.
A strict discipline must be maintained on board, as in a cage of sleen, lest they tear one another to pieces.
- (Mariners of Gor)