Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 23 | These kits were rectangular, View more quotes about shallow">shallow boxes snapped shut or tied closed with blue ribbon. |
| 49 | 24 | They contained pens, ink, and sheets of rence paper. |
| 49 | 25 | When opened and turned, the lid provided a writing surface. |
| 49 | 26 | I had seen occasional scribes on the streets, at given corners, where they, for their fee, usually in tarsk-bits, would read or transcribe letters. |
| 49 | 27 | Many Goreans of the lower castes could not read and write. |
| 49 | 28 | Interestingly, some Goreans of the upper castes, notably the Warriors, prided themselves on their lack of "letters," regarding reading and writing as scribes' work and beneath their dignity. |
| 49 | 29 | I think few of them would have regarded the "pen" as "mightier than the sword". |
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These kits were rectangular, shallow boxes snapped shut or tied closed with blue ribbon.
They contained pens, ink, and sheets of rence paper.
When opened and turned, the lid provided a writing surface.
I had seen occasional scribes on the streets, at given corners, where they, for their fee, usually in tarsk-bits, would read or transcribe letters.
Many Goreans of the lower castes could not read and write.
Interestingly, some Goreans of the upper castes, notably the Warriors, prided themselves on their lack of "letters," regarding reading and writing as scribes' work and beneath their dignity.
I think few of them would have regarded the "pen" as "mightier than the sword".
- (Plunder of Gor)