Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 787 | Most, we View more quotes about conjectured">conjectured, they feared a ruse, a display of pretended weakness that would lure an attack, then to be decimated. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 784 | This was the major advantage which we now held. |
| 1 | 785 | Kurii, cautious, like sharks, did not wish to commit their full attack until assured of its success. |
| 1 | 786 | Had they known the weakness of the Sardar, and the time required to restore the power source, regenerating itself now at inexorable concentration rates determined by natural law, they would have surely launched their fleets. |
| 1 | 787 | Most, we conjectured, they feared a ruse, a display of pretended weakness that would lure an attack, then to be decimated. |
| 1 | 788 | Moreover, I knew there were factions among Kurii. |
| 1 | 789 | Doubtless they had individuals who were bolder, and those who were more cautious. |
| 1 | 790 | The failure of the Torvaldsland probe might have had great impact in their councils. |
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This was the major advantage which we now held.
Kurii, cautious, like sharks, did not wish to commit their full attack until assured of its success.
Had they known the weakness of the Sardar, and the time required to restore the power source, regenerating itself now at inexorable concentration rates determined by natural law, they would have surely launched their fleets.
Most, we conjectured, they feared a ruse, a display of pretended weakness that would lure an attack, then to be decimated.
Moreover, I knew there were factions among Kurii.
Doubtless they had individuals who were bolder, and those who were more cautious.
The failure of the Torvaldsland probe might have had great impact in their councils.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)