Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 36 | 495 | There are Peasants who have View more quotes about never">never seen a written word. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 36 | 492 | "Will you excuse me?" said Captain Nakamura to the stranger and me, and, after bowing, went to join Demetrion. |
| 36 | 493 | Many Goreans, particularly of the lower castes, and some of the Warriors, a high caste, cannot read. |
| 36 | 494 | Literacy is accepted in the lower castes, but not encouraged. |
| 36 | 495 | There are Peasants who have never seen a written word. |
| 36 | 496 | Some Warriors take pride in their inability to read, regarding that skill as unworthy of them, as being more appropriate to record keepers, tradesmen, clerks, and such, and some who can read take pains to conceal the fact. |
| 36 | 497 | Swords, not words, rule cities, it is said. |
| 36 | 498 | And some Goreans feel that reading is appropriate only for the less successful, those too poor to have their reading done for them, their letters written for them, and such. |
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"Will you excuse me?" said Captain Nakamura to the stranger and me, and, after bowing, went to join Demetrion.
Many Goreans, particularly of the lower castes, and some of the Warriors, a high caste, cannot read.
Literacy is accepted in the lower castes, but not encouraged.
There are Peasants who have never seen a written word.
Some Warriors take pride in their inability to read, regarding that skill as unworthy of them, as being more appropriate to record keepers, tradesmen, clerks, and such, and some who can read take pains to conceal the fact.
Swords, not words, rule cities, it is said.
And some Goreans feel that reading is appropriate only for the less successful, those too poor to have their reading done for them, their letters written for them, and such.
- (Mariners of Gor)