Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 11 | 311 | The vassal tribe is, in View more quotes about effect">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. |
| 11 | 317 | War, for example, between conquering tribes and rebellious vassal tribes is, although not unknown, quite rare. |
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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.
War, for example, between conquering tribes and rebellious vassal tribes is, although not unknown, quite rare.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)