Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 103 | On the other View more quotes about hand">hand, under conditions of scarcity, amounting to the brink of starvation, slaves, certainly objects of value, might, as might others, say, the men of the garrison, perish and be lost. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 100 | For some reason, at the time, it had not occurred to me that the goods were slaves. |
| 7 | 101 | Now that I thought about it, that inference would have been almost inevitable. |
| 7 | 102 | Pani would seldom destroy valuable objects, and most such objects, then, would be available to the intruders once the holding was taken. |
| 7 | 103 | On the other hand, under conditions of scarcity, amounting to the brink of starvation, slaves, certainly objects of value, might, as might others, say, the men of the garrison, perish and be lost. |
| 7 | 104 | If one wished to preserve them, then it would seem plausible to turn them over to the enemy and hope to recapture them later. |
| 7 | 105 | It would be the same with, say, kaiila. |
| 7 | 106 | Too, of course, in removing the slaves from the holding, one would conserve resources, not having to feed them, and would also remove a possible object of distraction, even contention, from the holding. |
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For some reason, at the time, it had not occurred to me that the goods were slaves.
Now that I thought about it, that inference would have been almost inevitable.
Pani would seldom destroy valuable objects, and most such objects, then, would be available to the intruders once the holding was taken.
On the other hand, under conditions of scarcity, amounting to the brink of starvation, slaves, certainly objects of value, might, as might others, say, the men of the garrison, perish and be lost.
If one wished to preserve them, then it would seem plausible to turn them over to the enemy and hope to recapture them later.
It would be the same with, say, kaiila.
Too, of course, in removing the slaves from the holding, one would conserve resources, not having to feed them, and would also remove a possible object of distraction, even contention, from the holding.
- (Rebels of Gor)