Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 3 | 76 | These genetic alterations, moreover, are commonly capable of being transmitted. |
| 3 | 77 | For example, though I received the series of injections when first I came to gor many years ago I had been told by Physicians that they might, in my case, have been unnecessary, for I was the child of parents who, though of Earth, had been of gor, and had received the serums. |
| 3 | 78 | But different human beings respond differently to the Stabilization Serums, and the Serums are more effective with some than with others. |
| 3 | 79 | With some the effect lasts indefinitely, with others it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does not occur at all, with others, tragically, the effect is not to stabilize the pattern but to hasten its degeneration. |
| 3 | 80 | The odds, however, are in the favor of the recipient, and there are few goreans who, if it seems they need the Serums, do not avail themselves of them. |
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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.
These genetic alterations, moreover, are commonly capable of being transmitted.
For example, though I received the series of injections when first I came to gor many years ago I had been told by Physicians that they might, in my case, have been unnecessary, for I was the child of parents who, though of Earth, had been of gor, and had received the serums.
But different human beings respond differently to the Stabilization Serums, and the Serums are more effective with some than with others.
With some the effect lasts indefinitely, with others it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does not occur at all, with others, tragically, the effect is not to stabilize the pattern but to hasten its degeneration.
The odds, however, are in the favor of the recipient, and there are few goreans who, if it seems they need the Serums, do not avail themselves of them.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )