I knew then that I had always wanted Beverly Henderson as my slave.
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From the first instant I had seen her I had wanted her as my slave! "Master," she whimpered.
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"Master!" Then I stood before her with my fists clenched and threw back my head and wanted to howl with misery.
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Surely she must be a free woman! She must be free! She was from Earth! But could everything that my blood, my instincts and impulses told me be wrong? But it must be, else a civilization structured upon, and predicated upon, pathologies must disintegrate and perish.
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But could there not be a civilization congenial to the truths of the blood, to the nature of human beings.
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Is man so foolish, so naive and habit-bound, so fundamentally irrational, so ready to believe anything that he might be taught, no matter how absurd, that he cannot understand that torture cannot be truth.
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The test for truth, surely, must not be pain, misery and frustration, but happiness and joy.
I knew then that I had always wanted Beverly Henderson as my slave.
From the first instant I had seen her I had wanted her as my slave! "Master," she whimpered.
"Master!" Then I stood before her with my fists clenched and threw back my head and wanted to howl with misery.
Surely she must be a free woman! She must be free! She was from Earth! But could everything that my blood, my instincts and impulses told me be wrong? But it must be, else a civilization structured upon, and predicated upon, pathologies must disintegrate and perish.
But could there not be a civilization congenial to the truths of the blood, to the nature of human beings.
Is man so foolish, so naive and habit-bound, so fundamentally irrational, so ready to believe anything that he might be taught, no matter how absurd, that he cannot understand that torture cannot be truth.
The test for truth, surely, must not be pain, misery and frustration, but happiness and joy.
- (Rogue of Gor, Chapter )