Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 68 | Many of the north, then, were View more quotes about rather">rather proud of their illiteracy, or semi-illiteracy. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 65 | He belonged to the class of men who could hire their reading done for them, much as he could buy thralls to do his farming. |
| 16 | 66 | It was not regarded as dignified for a warrior to be too expert with letters, such being a task beneath warriors. |
| 16 | 67 | To have a scribe's skills would tend to embarrass a man of arms, and tend to lower his prestige among his peers. |
| 16 | 68 | Many of the north, then, were rather proud of their illiteracy, or semi-illiteracy. |
| 16 | 69 | It was expected of them. |
| 16 | 70 | It honored them. |
| 16 | 71 | His tools were not the pen and parchment, but the sword, the bow, the ax and spear. |
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He belonged to the class of men who could hire their reading done for them, much as he could buy thralls to do his farming.
It was not regarded as dignified for a warrior to be too expert with letters, such being a task beneath warriors.
To have a scribe's skills would tend to embarrass a man of arms, and tend to lower his prestige among his peers.
Many of the north, then, were rather proud of their illiteracy, or semi-illiteracy.
It was expected of them.
It honored them.
His tools were not the pen and parchment, but the sword, the bow, the ax and spear.
- (Marauders of Gor)