Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 656 | They View more quotes about think">think, it seems, that that is simply appropriate for a slave, that she be kept illiterate. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 653 | They are domestic animals. |
| 12 | 654 | "We would not teach a verr or tarsk to read, they might say, so why should we teach a slave to read?" Some masters, on the other hand, make an actual point of seeing to it that their girls are kept illiterate. |
| 12 | 655 | They want them that way. |
| 12 | 656 | They think, it seems, that that is simply appropriate for a slave, that she be kept illiterate. |
| 12 | 657 | Or, perhaps, they think that this makes them easier to control and puts them more at their mercy. |
| 12 | 658 | Such a view, however, would seem to me incorrect. |
| 12 | 659 | We are in all ways subject to the complete and perfect control of our masters, and we are totally at their mercy, always, whether we can read or not. |
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They are domestic animals.
"We would not teach a verr or tarsk to read, they might say, so why should we teach a slave to read?" Some masters, on the other hand, make an actual point of seeing to it that their girls are kept illiterate.
They want them that way.
They think, it seems, that that is simply appropriate for a slave, that she be kept illiterate.
Or, perhaps, they think that this makes them easier to control and puts them more at their mercy.
Such a view, however, would seem to me incorrect.
We are in all ways subject to the complete and perfect control of our masters, and we are totally at their mercy, always, whether we can read or not.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)