Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 54 | 108 | We do not even View more quotes about know">know who raised and aligned these stones, forming walls and temples, and laying out gardens and broad avenues. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 54 | 105 | Bila Huruma turned away and looked back at the ruins of the huge building, at the great stone statues, worn and covered with vines, and at the city, lost and forgotten, lying to the east. |
| 54 | 106 | "There was once a great empire here," he said. |
| 54 | 107 | "It is gone now. |
| 54 | 108 | We do not even know who raised and aligned these stones, forming walls and temples, and laying out gardens and broad avenues. |
| 54 | 109 | We do not even know the name of this empire or what the people may have called themselves. |
| 54 | 110 | We know only that they built these things and, for a time, lived among them. |
| 54 | 111 | Empires flourish and then, it seems, they perish. |
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Bila Huruma turned away and looked back at the ruins of the huge building, at the great stone statues, worn and covered with vines, and at the city, lost and forgotten, lying to the east.
"There was once a great empire here," he said.
"It is gone now.
We do not even know who raised and aligned these stones, forming walls and temples, and laying out gardens and broad avenues.
We do not even know the name of this empire or what the people may have called themselves.
We know only that they built these things and, for a time, lived among them.
Empires flourish and then, it seems, they perish.
- (Explorers of Gor)