Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 49 | 76 | View more quotes about accordingly">Accordingly, many amongst the Merchants regard their caste as a high caste, and, it seems, with good reason. |
| 49 | 77 | Surely gold is no more to be ignored than humbler metals, even if they be of edged steel. |
| 49 | 78 | One might also note, in passing, that controversy may attend such things. |
| 49 | 79 | For example, some regard the caste of Slavers as a subcaste of the Merchants, and others regard it as an independent caste. |
| 49 | 80 | My master, Kurik of Victoria, thinks of it as an independent caste, judiciously or not. |
| 49 | 81 | He seems to prize autonomy and independence. |
| 49 | 82 | My own view is that it is a form of merchantry, and that its difference from other forms of merchantry is merely in the nature of the goods with which the merchants deal. |
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Accordingly, many amongst the Merchants regard their caste as a high caste, and, it seems, with good reason.
Surely gold is no more to be ignored than humbler metals, even if they be of edged steel.
One might also note, in passing, that controversy may attend such things.
For example, some regard the caste of Slavers as a subcaste of the Merchants, and others regard it as an independent caste.
My master, Kurik of Victoria, thinks of it as an independent caste, judiciously or not.
He seems to prize autonomy and independence.
My own view is that it is a form of merchantry, and that its difference from other forms of merchantry is merely in the nature of the goods with which the merchants deal.
- (Plunder of Gor)