Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 787 | They are wise, but even they hesitate to tamper with precise and View more quotes about subtle">subtle systems which have taken over four billion years to develop. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 784 | The Priest-Kings care for their world, but their primary interest is in its subsurface, not its surface. |
| 1 | 785 | For most practical purposes life goes on on Gor much as though they did not exist. |
| 1 | 786 | To be sure, they are concerned to maintain the natural ecosystems of the planet. |
| 1 | 787 | They are wise, but even they hesitate to tamper with precise and subtle systems which have taken over four billion years to develop. |
| 1 | 788 | Who knows what course a dislodged molecule may take in a thousand years? I looked at Kog and Sardak. |
| 1 | 789 | Such creatures, perhaps thousands of years ago, had, it seemed, destroyed their own world. |
| 1 | 790 | They now wanted another. |
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The Priest-Kings care for their world, but their primary interest is in its subsurface, not its surface.
For most practical purposes life goes on on Gor much as though they did not exist.
To be sure, they are concerned to maintain the natural ecosystems of the planet.
They are wise, but even they hesitate to tamper with precise and subtle systems which have taken over four billion years to develop.
Who knows what course a dislodged molecule may take in a thousand years? I looked at Kog and Sardak.
Such creatures, perhaps thousands of years ago, had, it seemed, destroyed their own world.
They now wanted another.
- (Savages of Gor)