Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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148
"There are two major reasons for believing it is genuine," he said, "whatever it might be.
1
149
First, it shows absolutely no signs of untypical production, such as being cast rather than struck, of being the result of obverse-reverse composition, or of having been altered or tampered with in any way.
1
150
Secondly, if it were a forgery, what would it be a forgery of? Consider the analogy of counterfeiting.
1
151
The counterfeiter presumably wishes to deceive people.
1
152
This end would not be well served by producing a twenty-five dollar bill, which was purple and of no familiar design.
1
153
There would be no point in it.
1
154
It would defeat his own purposes".
"There are two major reasons for believing it is genuine," he said, "whatever it might be.
First, it shows absolutely no signs of untypical production, such as being cast rather than struck, of being the result of obverse-reverse composition, or of having been altered or tampered with in any way.
Secondly, if it were a forgery, what would it be a forgery of? Consider the analogy of counterfeiting.
The counterfeiter presumably wishes to deceive people.
This end would not be well served by producing a twenty-five dollar bill, which was purple and of no familiar design.
There would be no point in it.
It would defeat his own purposes".
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )