Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 42 | 50 | View more quotes about time">Time might be lost in careful chewing. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 42 | 47 | Kurii were no more likely to chew food than a larl or sleen. |
| 42 | 48 | It looked at me, while it was disposing of this gorge of meat. |
| 42 | 49 | I supposed that a carnivore, in the wild, is likely to eat quickly, to eat while it can. |
| 42 | 50 | Time might be lost in careful chewing. |
| 42 | 51 | There appear to be compensations involved in this sort of thing. |
| 42 | 52 | Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds. |
| 42 | 53 | It seems thus that in nature an organ which may constitute a danger or increased hazard in one respect may in another respect confer a significant advantage. |
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Kurii were no more likely to chew food than a larl or sleen.
It looked at me, while it was disposing of this gorge of meat.
I supposed that a carnivore, in the wild, is likely to eat quickly, to eat while it can.
Time might be lost in careful chewing.
There appear to be compensations involved in this sort of thing.
Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds.
It seems thus that in nature an organ which may constitute a danger or increased hazard in one respect may in another respect confer a significant advantage.
- (Conspirators of Gor)