Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 218 | I would learn that some members of some castes even reveled in a deliberately barbarous or vulgar Gorean, as though this were some badge of quality or superiority by means of which they might distinguish themselves from their despised "betters". |
 |
Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 215 | Four had supposedly attained to the "Second Knowledge," whatever that was. |
| 8 | 216 | All could write. |
| 8 | 217 | I had some difficulty in even understanding the speech about me. |
| 8 | 218 | I would learn that some members of some castes even reveled in a deliberately barbarous or vulgar Gorean, as though this were some badge of quality or superiority by means of which they might distinguish themselves from their despised "betters". |
| 8 | 219 | It was sometimes said that the power of Marlenus, the Ubar himself, rested ultimately on the lower castes, whom he cultivated and flattered. |
| 8 | 220 | Is it not, ultimately, in the mass that the power lies? Who else, at a word, might swarm into the streets, armed with paving stones and clubs? Woe to the former free Gorean woman of high caste who, enslaved, might fall into the power of her hitherto despised "inferiors". |
| 8 | 221 | Each Gorean caste, interestingly, regards itself as equal to, or superior to, all other castes. |
|
Four had supposedly attained to the "Second Knowledge," whatever that was.
All could write.
I had some difficulty in even understanding the speech about me.
I would learn that some members of some castes even reveled in a deliberately barbarous or vulgar Gorean, as though this were some badge of quality or superiority by means of which they might distinguish themselves from their despised "betters".
It was sometimes said that the power of Marlenus, the Ubar himself, rested ultimately on the lower castes, whom he cultivated and flattered.
Is it not, ultimately, in the mass that the power lies? Who else, at a word, might swarm into the streets, armed with paving stones and clubs? Woe to the former free Gorean woman of high caste who, enslaved, might fall into the power of her hitherto despised "inferiors".
Each Gorean caste, interestingly, regards itself as equal to, or superior to, all other castes.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 8)