Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 11 | 313 | One's foe of yesterday becomes one's pledged View more quotes about friend">friend of today. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 11 | 310 | The vassal tribe is bound, by its Tahari oaths, sworn over water and salt, to support the conquering tribe in its military endeavors, with supplies, kaiila and men. |
| 11 | 311 | The vassal tribe is, in effect, a military unit subordinate to the conquering tribe which it, then, may count among its forces. |
| 11 | 312 | Enemies conquered become allies enlisted. |
| 11 | 313 | One's foe of yesterday becomes one's pledged friend of today. |
| 11 | 314 | The man of the Tahari, conquered, stands ready, his scimitar returned to him, to defend his conqueror to the death. |
| 11 | 315 | The conqueror, by his might and cunning, and victory, has won, by the right of the Tahari, a soldier to his cause. |
| 11 | 316 | I am not clear on the historical roots of this unusual social institution but it does tend, in its practice, to pacify great sections of the Tahari. |
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The vassal tribe is bound, by its Tahari oaths, sworn over water and salt, to support the conquering tribe in its military endeavors, with supplies, kaiila and men.
The vassal tribe is, in effect, a military unit subordinate to the conquering tribe which it, then, may count among its forces.
Enemies conquered become allies enlisted.
One's foe of yesterday becomes one's pledged friend of today.
The man of the Tahari, conquered, stands ready, his scimitar returned to him, to defend his conqueror to the death.
The conqueror, by his might and cunning, and victory, has won, by the right of the Tahari, a soldier to his cause.
I am not clear on the historical roots of this unusual social institution but it does tend, in its practice, to pacify great sections of the Tahari.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)