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| 50 | 400 | View more quotes about barbarian">Barbarian slaves, and illiterate slaves, usually extracted from the lower castes, are commonly kept illiterate. |
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| 50 | 397 | "Kef," I am informed, is the first letter in the Gorean word, 'Kajira'. |
| 50 | 398 | Whereas I now speak Gorean, as I must, as it is the language of the masters, I have not been taught to read the language. |
| 50 | 399 | This sort of thing is not that unusual. |
| 50 | 400 | Barbarian slaves, and illiterate slaves, usually extracted from the lower castes, are commonly kept illiterate. |
| 50 | 401 | Would one teach a sleen, a kaiila, a verr, to read? Similarly, such slaves may be used to carry messages they cannot read. |
| 50 | 402 | An additional security is that the message is often put in a sealed message capsule tied about the slave's neck, the message being inaccessible to the slave, as she is back-braceleted. |
| 50 | 403 | A slave may not be taught to read without her master's permission. |