Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 191 | "I do not View more quotes about know">know it". |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 188 | My own speculation, which I judge as likely or unlikely to be true as the more popular superstitious stories, is that it is death to learn the secret of the Priest-Kings". |
| 2 | 189 | "You do not know that," I said. |
| 2 | 190 | "No," admitted my father. |
| 2 | 191 | "I do not know it". |
| 2 | 192 | My father then explained to me something of the legends of the Priest-Kings, and I gathered that they seemed to be true to this degree at least—that the Priest-Kings could destroy or control whatever they wished, that they were, in effect, the divinities of this world. |
| 2 | 193 | It was supposed that they were aware of all that transpired on their planet, but, if so, I was informed that they seemed, on the whole, to take little note of it. |
| 2 | 194 | It was rumored, according to my father, that they cultivated holiness in their mountains, and in their contemplation could not be concerned with the realities and evils of the outside and unimportant world. |
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My own speculation, which I judge as likely or unlikely to be true as the more popular superstitious stories, is that it is death to learn the secret of the Priest-Kings".
"You do not know that," I said.
"No," admitted my father.
"I do not know it".
My father then explained to me something of the legends of the Priest-Kings, and I gathered that they seemed to be true to this degree at least—that the Priest-Kings could destroy or control whatever they wished, that they were, in effect, the divinities of this world.
It was supposed that they were aware of all that transpired on their planet, but, if so, I was informed that they seemed, on the whole, to take little note of it.
It was rumored, according to my father, that they cultivated holiness in their mountains, and in their contemplation could not be concerned with the realities and evils of the outside and unimportant world.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)