Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 56 | 66 | In this View more quotes about respect">respect the Kur is clearly superior to the human, at least. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 56 | 63 | It seems reasonably clear then that the Nameless One, in its wisdom, or its blind, adventitious lotteries, casting its cards as it pleased, favored swift optical adjustments in the Kur, and the sleen, and doubtless in several other forms of life, as well. |
| 56 | 64 | The sleen, incidentally, is predominantly a nocturnal animal. |
| 56 | 65 | The Kur, we note, can function efficiently, and comfortably, in both light and darkness, provided the darkness is not absolute. |
| 56 | 66 | In this respect the Kur is clearly superior to the human, at least. |
| 56 | 67 | As the human is predominantly a diurnal animal, its dark vision is, we suppose, relatively unimportant. |
| 56 | 68 | To be sure, it can make adjustments to varying light conditions, but, as noted, these adjustments are relatively slow, or slow, at least, compared to those of the Kur and sleen. |
| 56 | 69 | "If I were Agamemnon," said Lord Grendel, "I would in my arrangements lighten the world somewhat but, on the whole, keep it rather dark. |
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It seems reasonably clear then that the Nameless One, in its wisdom, or its blind, adventitious lotteries, casting its cards as it pleased, favored swift optical adjustments in the Kur, and the sleen, and doubtless in several other forms of life, as well.
The sleen, incidentally, is predominantly a nocturnal animal.
The Kur, we note, can function efficiently, and comfortably, in both light and darkness, provided the darkness is not absolute.
In this respect the Kur is clearly superior to the human, at least.
As the human is predominantly a diurnal animal, its dark vision is, we suppose, relatively unimportant.
To be sure, it can make adjustments to varying light conditions, but, as noted, these adjustments are relatively slow, or slow, at least, compared to those of the Kur and sleen.
"If I were Agamemnon," said Lord Grendel, "I would in my arrangements lighten the world somewhat but, on the whole, keep it rather dark.
- (Kur of Gor)