Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 42 | It is View more quotes about possible">possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated". |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 39 | "Long ago," said Sarm, "in Nests long before this one, in times of which you cannot conceive, it was by means of these small things that my people began the journey that led in time to Priest-Kings". |
| 19 | 40 | "But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked. |
| 19 | 41 | "These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net. |
| 19 | 42 | It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated". |
| 19 | 43 | "Then it might seem," I proposed, somewhat maliciously, "that from one point of view, contrary to your suggestion of yesterday, that these tiny pieces of metal—and not the modifications of the ganglionic net—are the true and ultimate source of the Priest-Kings' power". |
| 19 | 44 | Sarm's antennae twitched irritably. |
| 19 | 45 | "We had to pick them up and use them, and later make them," said Sarm. |
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"Long ago," said Sarm, "in Nests long before this one, in times of which you cannot conceive, it was by means of these small things that my people began the journey that led in time to Priest-Kings".
"But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked.
"These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net.
It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated".
"Then it might seem," I proposed, somewhat maliciously, "that from one point of view, contrary to your suggestion of yesterday, that these tiny pieces of metal—and not the modifications of the ganglionic net—are the true and ultimate source of the Priest-Kings' power".
Sarm's antennae twitched irritably.
"We had to pick them up and use them, and later make them," said Sarm.
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