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Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)

The Home Stone of Port Cos, significantly, was not the Home Stone of Cos. - (Rogue of Gor, Chapter 29, Sentence #57)
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29 57 The home stone of Port Cos, significantly, was not the home stone of Cos.

Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)

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29 54 The typical colonizing situation among Gorean polities tends to resemble classical colonization, and not the typical colonization of nation states, in which the colony, in effect, is held subject to alien domination.
29 55 When a Gorean city founds a colony, usually as a result of internal overpopulation or political dissension, the potential colonists, typically, even before leaving the mother city, develop their own charter, constitution and laws.
29 56 Most importantly, from the Gorean point of view, when the colony is founded, it will have its own home stone.
29 57 The home stone of Port Cos, significantly, was not the home stone of Cos.
29 58 Ar's Station, on the other hand, did not have its own home stone, but its home stone remained that of Ar.
29 59 This is not to deny, of course, that the colony will not normally have a close tie with the mother city.
29 60 It usually will.
The typical colonizing situation among Gorean polities tends to resemble classical colonization, and not the typical colonization of nation states, in which the colony, in effect, is held subject to alien domination. When a Gorean city founds a colony, usually as a result of internal overpopulation or political dissension, the potential colonists, typically, even before leaving the mother city, develop their own charter, constitution and laws. Most importantly, from the Gorean point of view, when the colony is founded, it will have its own home stone. The home stone of Port Cos, significantly, was not the home stone of Cos. Ar's Station, on the other hand, did not have its own home stone, but its home stone remained that of Ar. This is not to deny, of course, that the colony will not normally have a close tie with the mother city. It usually will. - (Rogue of Gor, Chapter 29)