Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 644 | Here, it was not the task of civilization to disparage, condemn, and fight nature, with all the pathological consequences of such an endeavor, but rather to fulfill and express her, in her richness and variety, to enhance her and bedeck her with the glories of customs, practices and institutions. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 641 | On this world nature had been accepted, and celebrated. |
| 8 | 642 | It was neither distorted nor denied. |
| 8 | 643 | Here, civilization and nature were in harmony. |
| 8 | 644 | Here, it was not the task of civilization to disparage, condemn, and fight nature, with all the pathological consequences of such an endeavor, but rather to fulfill and express her, in her richness and variety, to enhance her and bedeck her with the glories of customs, practices and institutions. |
| 8 | 645 | I suddenly then heard again, this time so much closer and terrible, from somewhere to the right, perhaps no more than a hundred yards away, that dreadful shrill birdlike cry or scream. |
| 8 | 646 | I was startled. |
| 8 | 647 | I was terrified. |
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On this world nature had been accepted, and celebrated.
It was neither distorted nor denied.
Here, civilization and nature were in harmony.
Here, it was not the task of civilization to disparage, condemn, and fight nature, with all the pathological consequences of such an endeavor, but rather to fulfill and express her, in her richness and variety, to enhance her and bedeck her with the glories of customs, practices and institutions.
I suddenly then heard again, this time so much closer and terrible, from somewhere to the right, perhaps no more than a hundred yards away, that dreadful shrill birdlike cry or scream.
I was startled.
I was terrified.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 8)