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Why not? One supposes that a scent in a pan of water, the tone of a flute, the color of a simple thing, like that of a spoon handle or the door of a shed, may serve an end that is very real, if not practical. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #133)

But, then, what is a practical purpose? Is the pursuit of beauty, or pleasure, a practical purpose? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But then, I suppose, there are ends that might be well served even if there was no practical purpose in doing so. Why not? One supposes that a scent in a pan of water, the tone of a flute, the color of a simple thing, like that of a spoon handle or the door of a shed, may serve an end that is very real, if not practical. One has no objection. Indeed, one wonders if some things might be demeaned, and less lovely, and less worthy of regard, had they such a purpose. I dried the second of the five pans with the towel. - (Plunder of Gor)