Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 42 | 51 | There View more quotes about appear">appear to be compensations involved in this sort of thing. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 42 | 48 | It looked at me, while it was disposing of this gorge of meat. |
| 42 | 49 | I supposed that a carnivore, in the wild, is likely to eat quickly, to eat while it can. |
| 42 | 50 | Time might be lost in careful chewing. |
| 42 | 51 | There appear to be compensations involved in this sort of thing. |
| 42 | 52 | Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds. |
| 42 | 53 | It seems thus that in nature an organ which may constitute a danger or increased hazard in one respect may in another respect confer a significant advantage. |
| 42 | 54 | I looked away from the feeding Kur. |
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It looked at me, while it was disposing of this gorge of meat.
I supposed that a carnivore, in the wild, is likely to eat quickly, to eat while it can.
Time might be lost in careful chewing.
There appear to be compensations involved in this sort of thing.
Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds.
It seems thus that in nature an organ which may constitute a danger or increased hazard in one respect may in another respect confer a significant advantage.
I looked away from the feeding Kur.
- (Conspirators of Gor)