Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 36 | I approached Sarm and regarded the pieces of metal. |
| 19 | 37 | Some of them reminded me of shallow scoops, others of awls, others of knives. |
| 19 | 38 | "They are tools," I said. |
| 19 | 39 | "Long ago," said Sarm, "in Nests long before this one, in times of which you cannot conceive, it was by means of these small things that my people began the journey that led in time to Priest-Kings". |
| 19 | 40 | "But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked. |
| 19 | 41 | "These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net. |
| 19 | 42 | It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated". |
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I approached Sarm and regarded the pieces of metal.
Some of them reminded me of shallow scoops, others of awls, others of knives.
"They are tools," I said.
"Long ago," said Sarm, "in Nests long before this one, in times of which you cannot conceive, it was by means of these small things that my people began the journey that led in time to Priest-Kings".
"But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked.
"These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net.
It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated".
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )