Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 80 | "In View more quotes about fact">fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin". |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 77 | "Rulers," he said, "are chosen from any High Caste". |
| 3 | 78 | "High Caste?" I asked. |
| 3 | 79 | "Yes, of course," was his answer. |
| 3 | 80 | "In fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin". |
| 3 | 81 | I must have appeared annoyed. |
| 3 | 82 | "The caste structure," said my father patiently, with perhaps the trace of a smile on his face, "is relatively immobile, but not frozen, and depends on more than birth. |
| 3 | 83 | For example, if a child in his schooling shows that he can raise caste, as the expression is, he is permitted to do so. |
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"Rulers," he said, "are chosen from any High Caste".
"High Caste?" I asked.
"Yes, of course," was his answer.
"In fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin".
I must have appeared annoyed.
"The caste structure," said my father patiently, with perhaps the trace of a smile on his face, "is relatively immobile, but not frozen, and depends on more than birth.
For example, if a child in his schooling shows that he can raise caste, as the expression is, he is permitted to do so.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)