Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 240 | "We found, after the Nest War," Kusk informed me, "that many of our ex-slaves could not read, which is not surprising since they had been bred in the Nest and it had not been generally thought important that they have that skill. |
| 5 | 241 | But, when they became free, many wished to learn. |
| 5 | 242 | Accordingly we developed this device, not too difficult with the single, rather simple brain of the human, which so orders the brain that it can recognize letters, in various forms, and words. |
| 5 | 243 | The neural dispositions which allow the human to read are of course the result of certain patterns of synaptic alignments, which are here produced without the time-consuming process of habit formation". |
| 5 | 244 | "In educating a Priest-King," I said, "wires were used—eight—one to each brain". |
| 5 | 245 | "We now dispense with wires," said Kusk, "even in the case of a Priest-King. |
| 5 | 246 | They were used largely as a matter of tradition, but the humans of the Nest suggested refinements in the technique, leaving them to us to develop, of course". |
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"We found, after the Nest War," Kusk informed me, "that many of our ex-slaves could not read, which is not surprising since they had been bred in the Nest and it had not been generally thought important that they have that skill.
But, when they became free, many wished to learn.
Accordingly we developed this device, not too difficult with the single, rather simple brain of the human, which so orders the brain that it can recognize letters, in various forms, and words.
The neural dispositions which allow the human to read are of course the result of certain patterns of synaptic alignments, which are here produced without the time-consuming process of habit formation".
"In educating a Priest-King," I said, "wires were used—eight—one to each brain".
"We now dispense with wires," said Kusk, "even in the case of a Priest-King.
They were used largely as a matter of tradition, but the humans of the Nest suggested refinements in the technique, leaving them to us to develop, of course".
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )