Book 24. (1 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 34 | The land, its fall and lie, wells, watercourses, their breadth and depth, their swiftness, fords, climate, time of year, visibility, precipitation, footing, and such, provide the four-dimensional board on which are played the games of war. |
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Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 31 | The camp of Ar near Holmesk, incidentally, was situated on, or near, the same site as had been the camp of Harfax two hundred years ago. |
| 3 | 32 | Such things are not coincidences. |
| 3 | 33 | They have more to do with terrain, water, defensibility, and such. |
| 3 | 34 | The land, its fall and lie, wells, watercourses, their breadth and depth, their swiftness, fords, climate, time of year, visibility, precipitation, footing, and such, provide the four-dimensional board on which are played the games of war. |
| 3 | 35 | It is no wonder that fine soldiers are often astute historians, careful students of maps and campaigns. |
| 3 | 36 | Certain routes, situations and times of year are optimal for certain purposes, and others are not, and might even prove disastrous. |
| 3 | 37 | Certain passes on Gor, for example, have been used again and again. |
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The camp of Ar near Holmesk, incidentally, was situated on, or near, the same site as had been the camp of Harfax two hundred years ago.
Such things are not coincidences.
They have more to do with terrain, water, defensibility, and such.
The land, its fall and lie, wells, watercourses, their breadth and depth, their swiftness, fords, climate, time of year, visibility, precipitation, footing, and such, provide the four-dimensional board on which are played the games of war.
It is no wonder that fine soldiers are often astute historians, careful students of maps and campaigns.
Certain routes, situations and times of year are optimal for certain purposes, and others are not, and might even prove disastrous.
Certain passes on Gor, for example, have been used again and again.
- (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter 3)