Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
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Then he looked at me kindly, and spoke seriously, "You should not have hesitated for a moment to speak to me".
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40
"You are kind," I said.
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41
To be sure, much charity, and fraternal organizations, and even outings, and such, are organized on caste lines.
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42
caste is extremely important to most Goreans, even when they do not all practice the traditional crafts of their caste.
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43
It is one of the "nationalities" of the Gorean, so to speak.
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44
Other common "nationalities," so to speak, are membership in a kinship organization, such as a clan, or phratry, a group of clans, or a larger grouping yet, a tribe or analogous to a tribe, a group of phratries, and a pledged allegiance to a Home Stone, usually that of a village, town or city.
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45
It seems that in the distant past of Gor these kinship allegiances were, in effect, political allegiances, or generated political allegiances, which, later, interestingly, as life became more complex, and populations more mobile, became separated.
Then he looked at me kindly, and spoke seriously, "You should not have hesitated for a moment to speak to me".
"You are kind," I said.
To be sure, much charity, and fraternal organizations, and even outings, and such, are organized on caste lines.
caste is extremely important to most Goreans, even when they do not all practice the traditional crafts of their caste.
It is one of the "nationalities" of the Gorean, so to speak.
Other common "nationalities," so to speak, are membership in a kinship organization, such as a clan, or phratry, a group of clans, or a larger grouping yet, a tribe or analogous to a tribe, a group of phratries, and a pledged allegiance to a Home Stone, usually that of a village, town or city.
It seems that in the distant past of Gor these kinship allegiances were, in effect, political allegiances, or generated political allegiances, which, later, interestingly, as life became more complex, and populations more mobile, became separated.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )