Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 205 | A mystery did remain, of course, to the west, even for those admitted to the Second Knowledge, usually those of the higher castes. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 202 | To be sure, they often thought the lower surface of the sphere, below embedded Thassa, likely to be uninhabitable. |
| 25 | 203 | Would not creatures fall from the world if they ventured too far thence? Too, if they could somehow cling to the surface, and move about in such precincts, fugitives or madmen, adventurers or explorers, perhaps by means of ropes or nailed sandals, would not such a life be uncomfortable and dangerous, precariously inverted as they must be? No, such depths must be uninhabited. |
| 25 | 204 | On the other hand, Goreans with access to the Second Knowledge, recognized the sphericity of Gor, the viability of the antipodes, the action of gravity, and such. |
| 25 | 205 | A mystery did remain, of course, to the west, even for those admitted to the Second Knowledge, usually those of the higher castes. |
| 25 | 206 | The mystery was a simple one. |
| 25 | 207 | What lay to the west? And, I fear, associated with this mystery, there was another. |
| 25 | 208 | Why did ships not return from that area? There were, of course, the Pani. |
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To be sure, they often thought the lower surface of the sphere, below embedded Thassa, likely to be uninhabitable.
Would not creatures fall from the world if they ventured too far thence? Too, if they could somehow cling to the surface, and move about in such precincts, fugitives or madmen, adventurers or explorers, perhaps by means of ropes or nailed sandals, would not such a life be uncomfortable and dangerous, precariously inverted as they must be? No, such depths must be uninhabited.
On the other hand, Goreans with access to the Second Knowledge, recognized the sphericity of Gor, the viability of the antipodes, the action of gravity, and such.
A mystery did remain, of course, to the west, even for those admitted to the Second Knowledge, usually those of the higher castes.
The mystery was a simple one.
What lay to the west? And, I fear, associated with this mystery, there was another.
Why did ships not return from that area? There were, of course, the Pani.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 25)