Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 69 | The fact that the disease tends to strike those who have maintained the observances recommended by the Caste of Initiates, and who regularly attend their numerous ceremonies, as well as those who do not, is seldom explained, though, when pressed, the Initiates speak of possible secret failures to maintain the observances or the inscrutable will of priest-kings. |
| 3 | 70 | I also think the Gorean success in combating aging may be partly due to the severe limitations, in many matters, on the technology of the human beings on the planet. |
| 3 | 71 | priest-kings have no wish that men become powerful enough on Gor to challenge them for the supremacy of the planet. |
| 3 | 72 | They believe, perhaps correctly, that man is a shrewish animal which, if it had the power, would be likely to fear priest-kings and attempt to exterminate them. |
| 3 | 73 | Be that as it may, the priest-kings have limited man severely on this planet in many respects, notably in weaponry, communication and transportation. |
| 3 | 74 | On the other hand, the brilliance which men might have turned into destructive channels was then diverted, almost of necessity, to other fields, most notably medicine, though considerable achievements have been accomplished in the production of translation devices, illumination and architecture. |
| 3 | 75 | The Stabilization Serums, which are regarded as the right of all human beings, be they civilized or barbarian, friend or enemy, are administered in a series of injections, and the effect is, incredibly, an eventual, gradual transformation of certain genetic structures, resulting in indefinite cell replacement without pattern deterioration. |
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The fact that the disease tends to strike those who have maintained the observances recommended by the Caste of Initiates, and who regularly attend their numerous ceremonies, as well as those who do not, is seldom explained, though, when pressed, the Initiates speak of possible secret failures to maintain the observances or the inscrutable will of priest-kings.
I also think the Gorean success in combating aging may be partly due to the severe limitations, in many matters, on the technology of the human beings on the planet.
priest-kings have no wish that men become powerful enough on Gor to challenge them for the supremacy of the planet.
They believe, perhaps correctly, that man is a shrewish animal which, if it had the power, would be likely to fear priest-kings and attempt to exterminate them.
Be that as it may, the priest-kings have limited man severely on this planet in many respects, notably in weaponry, communication and transportation.
On the other hand, the brilliance which men might have turned into destructive channels was then diverted, almost of necessity, to other fields, most notably medicine, though considerable achievements have been accomplished in the production of translation devices, illumination and architecture.
The Stabilization Serums, which are regarded as the right of all human beings, be they civilized or barbarian, friend or enemy, are administered in a series of injections, and the effect is, incredibly, an eventual, gradual transformation of certain genetic structures, resulting in indefinite cell replacement without pattern deterioration.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )