Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 9 | 32 | The mobility afforded by the kaiila and the abundance of the kailiauk doubtless made this choice possible, the choice of the widely ranging hunter, the proud and free warrior, over the farmer, denied distant horizons, he who must live at the mercy of the elements and in bondage to his own soil. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 9 | 29 | A single human being can be agriculturally supported by less than an acre of land. |
| 9 | 30 | The same human being, if surviving by hunting, would require a territory of several square miles. |
| 9 | 31 | Here, however, we seem to have a case where peoples deliberately chose the widely ranging, nomadic hunting economy over an agricultural economy. |
| 9 | 32 | The mobility afforded by the kaiila and the abundance of the kailiauk doubtless made this choice possible, the choice of the widely ranging hunter, the proud and free warrior, over the farmer, denied distant horizons, he who must live at the mercy of the elements and in bondage to his own soil. |
| 9 | 33 | Grunt sat astride his kaiila, a lofty, yellow animal, looking eastward, out beyond the wands. |
| 9 | 34 | Behind him there was a pack kaiila, laden with goods. |
| 9 | 35 | A thong ran from the pierced nose of the beast to a ring at the back of his saddle. |
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A single human being can be agriculturally supported by less than an acre of land.
The same human being, if surviving by hunting, would require a territory of several square miles.
Here, however, we seem to have a case where peoples deliberately chose the widely ranging, nomadic hunting economy over an agricultural economy.
The mobility afforded by the kaiila and the abundance of the kailiauk doubtless made this choice possible, the choice of the widely ranging hunter, the proud and free warrior, over the farmer, denied distant horizons, he who must live at the mercy of the elements and in bondage to his own soil.
Grunt sat astride his kaiila, a lofty, yellow animal, looking eastward, out beyond the wands.
Behind him there was a pack kaiila, laden with goods.
A thong ran from the pierced nose of the beast to a ring at the back of his saddle.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter 9)