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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
5 136 Sarm, of course, years ago, had succumbed to the pleasures of the Golden Beetle.
5 137 I was reassured, then, that the Kurii still knew little of the denizens of the Sardar.
5 138 It is difficult to do contest with an enemy which is both mysterious and powerful.
5 139 I had little love for Priest-Kings, but theirs was the law and the rod which held in check the inventive and indiscreet aggressions of humans on this, their world.
5 140 Had it not been for the governance of Priest-Kings, and their surveillance, and the enforcement of their prohibitions on technology and weaponry, I had little doubt that the suspicions, fears, and simian ingenuity of my species on Gor would have by now produced lethalities equivalent to, if not superior to, the madnesses which currently threatened the destruction of another world, the ruination of another habitat, the extinction of an indigenous species, my own, on that other world.
5 141 The paw which first grasped a jagged stone can eventually become the hand which can, with the pressing of a switch, eliminate continents.
5 142 How easy it is to poison atmospheres, and how easy, soon, to set axes awry, and roll a world into a star's flaming maw.
Sarm, of course, years ago, had succumbed to the pleasures of the Golden Beetle. I was reassured, then, that the Kurii still knew little of the denizens of the Sardar. It is difficult to do contest with an enemy which is both mysterious and powerful. I had little love for Priest-Kings, but theirs was the law and the rod which held in check the inventive and indiscreet aggressions of humans on this, their world. Had it not been for the governance of Priest-Kings, and their surveillance, and the enforcement of their prohibitions on technology and weaponry, I had little doubt that the suspicions, fears, and simian ingenuity of my species on Gor would have by now produced lethalities equivalent to, if not superior to, the madnesses which currently threatened the destruction of another world, the ruination of another habitat, the extinction of an indigenous species, my own, on that other world. The paw which first grasped a jagged stone can eventually become the hand which can, with the pressing of a switch, eliminate continents. How easy it is to poison atmospheres, and how easy, soon, to set axes awry, and roll a world into a star's flaming maw. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter )