Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 227 | In such a society most will fail to fulfill their ambitions and View more quotes about must">must almost inevitably fall short of achieving at least the greatest rewards and highest honors which such a society has to bestow. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 224 | He respects himself, and these things. |
| 8 | 225 | Even the Peasants, commonly regarded as the lowest of castes, regards itself proudly, and with justification, as "the ox on which the Home Stone rests". |
| 8 | 226 | A casteless society, an open society, in which elevation, wealth, and success is supposed to depend, or does depend, on the outcome of merit and free competition will obviously generate an enormous amount of frustration, jealousy, envy, and hostility. |
| 8 | 227 | In such a society most will fail to fulfill their ambitions and must almost inevitably fall short of achieving at least the greatest rewards and highest honors which such a society has to bestow. |
| 8 | 228 | In an open race to which all are invited and in which all are free to run there will be only one winner, and many losers. |
| 8 | 229 | It is natural then for the loser to blame not himself but the course, the starter, the conditions, the judge, the rules of the race, even that there is a race, at all. |
| 8 | 230 | The free woman of a high caste and the free woman of a lower caste commonly have one thing in common which unites them, securely, as free women. |
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He respects himself, and these things.
Even the Peasants, commonly regarded as the lowest of castes, regards itself proudly, and with justification, as "the ox on which the Home Stone rests".
A casteless society, an open society, in which elevation, wealth, and success is supposed to depend, or does depend, on the outcome of merit and free competition will obviously generate an enormous amount of frustration, jealousy, envy, and hostility.
In such a society most will fail to fulfill their ambitions and must almost inevitably fall short of achieving at least the greatest rewards and highest honors which such a society has to bestow.
In an open race to which all are invited and in which all are free to run there will be only one winner, and many losers.
It is natural then for the loser to blame not himself but the course, the starter, the conditions, the judge, the rules of the race, even that there is a race, at all.
The free woman of a high caste and the free woman of a lower caste commonly have one thing in common which unites them, securely, as free women.
- (Conspirators of Gor)