Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 157 | A captain next to me snorted, "Give the pulley-makers the wage of oar-makers, and sawyers will want the wages of carpenters, and carpenters of shipwrights!" All who do skilled work in the arsenal, incidentally, are free men. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 154 | The rumor of the seaman, that Cos and Tyros were preparing fleets against Port Kar, again entered my mind, but again I dismissed it. |
| 10 | 155 | The next item on the agenda dealt with the demand of the pulley-makers to receive the same wage per Ahn as the oar-makers. |
| 10 | 156 | I voted for this measure, but it did not pass. |
| 10 | 157 | A captain next to me snorted, "Give the pulley-makers the wage of oar-makers, and sawyers will want the wages of carpenters, and carpenters of shipwrights!" All who do skilled work in the arsenal, incidentally, are free men. |
| 10 | 158 | The men of Port Kar may permit slaves to build their houses and their walls, but they do not permit them to build their ships. |
| 10 | 159 | The wages of a sail-maker, incidentally, are four copper tarn disks per day, those of a fine shipwright, hired by the Council of Captains, as much as a golden tarn disk per day. |
| 10 | 160 | The average working day is ten Ahn, or about twelve Earth hours. |
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The rumor of the seaman, that Cos and Tyros were preparing fleets against Port Kar, again entered my mind, but again I dismissed it.
The next item on the agenda dealt with the demand of the pulley-makers to receive the same wage per Ahn as the oar-makers.
I voted for this measure, but it did not pass.
A captain next to me snorted, "Give the pulley-makers the wage of oar-makers, and sawyers will want the wages of carpenters, and carpenters of shipwrights!" All who do skilled work in the arsenal, incidentally, are free men.
The men of Port Kar may permit slaves to build their houses and their walls, but they do not permit them to build their ships.
The wages of a sail-maker, incidentally, are four copper tarn disks per day, those of a fine shipwright, hired by the Council of Captains, as much as a golden tarn disk per day.
The average working day is ten Ahn, or about twelve Earth hours.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 10)