Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 37 | 165 | Before we proceed two points might be made, one figurative, and one anthropological. |
| 37 | 166 | A plant which has its natural inheritance and its ideal environment, namely, those in which it would flourish and thrive, may be transplanted, twisted, poisoned, starved, stunted, cropped, clipped into unnatural and bizarre shapes, and so on. |
| 37 | 167 | It may continue to live, after a fashion, but then as twisted, poisoned, starved, diminished, stunted, cropped, and clipped into unnatural and bizarre shapes, and so on. |
| 37 | 168 | Too, some people seem to think that is good for plants, and the way they should be, miserable, neurotic, unfulfilled, tortured, lonely, sick, and so on. |
| 37 | 169 | Their motivation for these puzzling views is not clear, but presumably that question is best left unaddressed. |
| 37 | 170 | In any event, they have never proven the probity of these surprising views, nor is it possible to do so, as they are obviously false, and false propositions cannot be proven, a matter of logic. |
| 37 | 171 | Accordingly, it is their practice to eschew argument, which could only lead to embarrassment for them, and content themselves with unsubstantiated but often ferociously enunciated assertions, claims and pronouncements. |
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Before we proceed two points might be made, one figurative, and one anthropological.
A plant which has its natural inheritance and its ideal environment, namely, those in which it would flourish and thrive, may be transplanted, twisted, poisoned, starved, stunted, cropped, clipped into unnatural and bizarre shapes, and so on.
It may continue to live, after a fashion, but then as twisted, poisoned, starved, diminished, stunted, cropped, and clipped into unnatural and bizarre shapes, and so on.
Too, some people seem to think that is good for plants, and the way they should be, miserable, neurotic, unfulfilled, tortured, lonely, sick, and so on.
Their motivation for these puzzling views is not clear, but presumably that question is best left unaddressed.
In any event, they have never proven the probity of these surprising views, nor is it possible to do so, as they are obviously false, and false propositions cannot be proven, a matter of logic.
Accordingly, it is their practice to eschew argument, which could only lead to embarrassment for them, and content themselves with unsubstantiated but often ferociously enunciated assertions, claims and pronouncements.
- (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter )