Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 133 | "Torm," I View more quotes about once">once asked, "why is Earth origin not part of the First Knowledge?" "Is it not self-evident?" he asked. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 130 | Certain other expressions seemed clearly to be of Greek or German origin. |
| 3 | 131 | If I had been a skilled linguist, I undoubtedly would have discovered hundreds of parallels and affinities, grammatical and otherwise, between Gorean and various of the Earth languages. |
| 3 | 132 | Earth origin, incidentally, was not a part of the First Knowledge, though it was of the Second. |
| 3 | 133 | "Torm," I once asked, "why is Earth origin not part of the First Knowledge?" "Is it not self-evident?" he asked. |
| 3 | 134 | "No," I said. |
| 3 | 135 | "Ah!" he said, and closed his eyes very slowly and kept them shut for about a minute, during which time he was apparently subjecting the matter to the most intense scrutiny. |
| 3 | 136 | "You're right," he said at last, opening his eyes. |
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Certain other expressions seemed clearly to be of Greek or German origin.
If I had been a skilled linguist, I undoubtedly would have discovered hundreds of parallels and affinities, grammatical and otherwise, between Gorean and various of the Earth languages.
Earth origin, incidentally, was not a part of the First Knowledge, though it was of the Second.
"Torm," I once asked, "why is Earth origin not part of the First Knowledge?" "Is it not self-evident?" he asked.
"No," I said.
"Ah!" he said, and closed his eyes very slowly and kept them shut for about a minute, during which time he was apparently subjecting the matter to the most intense scrutiny.
"You're right," he said at last, opening his eyes.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)