Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 29 | Those on board a View more quotes about ship">ship constitute a small community, confined within a circumscribed area. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 5 | 31 | There is nowhere to run. |
| 5 | 32 | Tempers may flare. |
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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.
There is nowhere to run.
Tempers may flare.
- (Mariners of Gor)