Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 30 | A strict discipline must be maintained on board, as in a cage of sleen, lest they tear one another to pieces. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 27 | It adds to the authority of officers, and tends to reduce the likelihood of serious harm amongst the men. |
| 5 | 28 | It takes time, usually, to beat a fellow bloody and senseless, and he is likely to recover sooner or later, and perhaps put an end to the quarrel over a jug of paga, but an angry word, a swift movement, and a flash of steel, and one may well have lost a shipmate, and eventually, given the friendships and alliances amongst the men, more than one. |
| 5 | 29 | Those on board a ship constitute a small community, confined within a circumscribed area. |
| 5 | 30 | A strict discipline must be maintained on board, as in a cage of sleen, lest they tear one another to pieces. |
| 5 | 31 | There is nowhere to run. |
| 5 | 32 | Tempers may flare. |
| 5 | 33 | Blood may beget blood. |
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It adds to the authority of officers, and tends to reduce the likelihood of serious harm amongst the men.
It takes time, usually, to beat a fellow bloody and senseless, and he is likely to recover sooner or later, and perhaps put an end to the quarrel over a jug of paga, but an angry word, a swift movement, and a flash of steel, and one may well have lost a shipmate, and eventually, given the friendships and alliances amongst the men, more than one.
Those on board a ship constitute a small community, confined within a circumscribed area.
A strict discipline must be maintained on board, as in a cage of sleen, lest they tear one another to pieces.
There is nowhere to run.
Tempers may flare.
Blood may beget blood.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 5)