Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 386 | I shook my View more quotes about head">head. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 383 | "Perhaps they have seized some of these humans," I said, "and interrogated them, finding out if they tell the truth or not, by means of drugs or tortures". |
| 5 | 384 | "Even a drug or torture," pointed out Misk, "will only reveal what the individual believes to be the truth, not necessarily what the truth is. |
| 5 | 385 | And, we suppose, the Others would suspect that only humans whose brains had been disposed to believe certain things, in virtue of our science, would be permitted to fall into their hands, once again as a move intended to draw them into a trap". |
| 5 | 386 | I shook my head. |
| 5 | 387 | "It is ironic," said Misk. |
| 5 | 388 | "We could not now resist a general attack, nor protect Earth, but the Others will not believe it". |
| 5 | 389 | "Such," I said, "is the good fortune of Priest-Kings". |
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"Perhaps they have seized some of these humans," I said, "and interrogated them, finding out if they tell the truth or not, by means of drugs or tortures".
"Even a drug or torture," pointed out Misk, "will only reveal what the individual believes to be the truth, not necessarily what the truth is.
And, we suppose, the Others would suspect that only humans whose brains had been disposed to believe certain things, in virtue of our science, would be permitted to fall into their hands, once again as a move intended to draw them into a trap".
I shook my head.
"It is ironic," said Misk.
"We could not now resist a general attack, nor protect Earth, but the Others will not believe it".
"Such," I said, "is the good fortune of Priest-Kings".
- (Assassin of Gor)