Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 150 | Secondly, if it were a forgery, what would it be a forgery of? View more quotes about consider">Consider the analogy of counterfeiting. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 147 | "Do you think this object is genuine?" I asked. |
| 1 | 148 | "There are two major reasons for believing it is genuine," he said, "whatever it might be. |
| 1 | 149 | First, it shows absolutely no signs of untypical production, such as being cast rather than struck, of being the result of obverse-reverse composition, or of having been altered or tampered with in any way. |
| 1 | 150 | Secondly, if it were a forgery, what would it be a forgery of? Consider the analogy of counterfeiting. |
| 1 | 151 | The counterfeiter presumably wishes to deceive people. |
| 1 | 152 | This end would not be well served by producing a twenty-five dollar bill, which was purple and of no familiar design. |
| 1 | 153 | There would be no point in it. |
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"Do you think this object is genuine?" I asked.
"There are two major reasons for believing it is genuine," he said, "whatever it might be.
First, it shows absolutely no signs of untypical production, such as being cast rather than struck, of being the result of obverse-reverse composition, or of having been altered or tampered with in any way.
Secondly, if it were a forgery, what would it be a forgery of? Consider the analogy of counterfeiting.
The counterfeiter presumably wishes to deceive people.
This end would not be well served by producing a twenty-five dollar bill, which was purple and of no familiar design.
There would be no point in it.
- (Kajira of Gor)