Goreans respect wealth but tend to value other attributes more highly, and, indeed, to the credit of the Merchants, it should be noted that they usually do so, as well.
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One such attribute is fidelity; another is honor.
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Gor is not Earth.
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In any event, aside from any cultural ambiguity which might attend the station or status of the Merchants, Mirus would presumably concede nothing in caste merit to the fellow who had just, it seemed, dared to gainsay him.
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Mirus again regarded his apparent competitor, and again smiled.
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It did not seem that he need have much to fear with respect to any ensuing competitive engagements.
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"The bid was of twenty silver tarsks," called the auctioneer, "not twenty copper tarsks".
Goreans respect wealth but tend to value other attributes more highly, and, indeed, to the credit of the Merchants, it should be noted that they usually do so, as well.
One such attribute is fidelity; another is honor.
Gor is not Earth.
In any event, aside from any cultural ambiguity which might attend the station or status of the Merchants, Mirus would presumably concede nothing in caste merit to the fellow who had just, it seemed, dared to gainsay him.
Mirus again regarded his apparent competitor, and again smiled.
It did not seem that he need have much to fear with respect to any ensuing competitive engagements.
"The bid was of twenty silver tarsks," called the auctioneer, "not twenty copper tarsks".
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )