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Were they not, how could he love them so? "The ship is essentially ready," said Samos. - (Beasts of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #369)

The man of Earth thinks of the world as being essentially dead; the Gorean thinks of his world as being essentially alive; one utilizes the metaphor of the blind machine, the other the metaphor of the living being; doubtless reality exceeds all metaphors; in the face of reality doubtless all metaphors are small, and must fail; indeed, what are these metaphors but instruments of fragile straw with which we, pathetic, wondering animals, would scratch at the gates of obdurate, granite mystery; yet if we must choose our way in which to fail I do not think the Gorean has made a poor choice; his choice, it seems to me, is not inferior to that of the man of Earth. He cares for his world; it is his friend; he would not care to kill it. Let it suffice to say that to the Gorean sailor his ships are living things. Were they not, how could he love them so? "The ship is essentially ready," said Samos. "It can sail soon for the world's end". "Strange, is it not," I asked, "that when the ship is nearly ready that this message should come?" "Yes," said Samos. "That is strange". - (Beasts of Gor)