Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 282 | The Merchants regard themselves, with justification I would think, as a high caste, but few Goreans number them amongst the high castes, which, traditionally, are taken to be five in number, the Initiates, Builders, Physicians, Scribes, and Warriors. |
| 7 | 283 | None, I suppose, would dispute with the Warriors that they are a high caste. |
| 7 | 284 | If the Merchants are not a high caste, it is clear they are an important caste. |
| 7 | 285 | It is said they own councils and sway law, that their gold hides and whispers behind thrones, that cities heed their words, that Ubars are often in their debt. |
| 7 | 286 | Doubtless amongst the Merchants, as amongst other men, one will find the astute and honorable, the honest and diligent, the noble and loyal, as well as the corrupt and greedy, the cruel and callous, the venal and heartless. |
| 7 | 287 | The girl before me might once, I supposed, if of the high Merchants, or such, as she claimed, have been wealthy. |
| 7 | 288 | But now she was a portion, a negligible portion I would suppose, of the wealth of another. |
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The Merchants regard themselves, with justification I would think, as a high caste, but few Goreans number them amongst the high castes, which, traditionally, are taken to be five in number, the Initiates, Builders, Physicians, Scribes, and Warriors.
None, I suppose, would dispute with the Warriors that they are a high caste.
If the Merchants are not a high caste, it is clear they are an important caste.
It is said they own councils and sway law, that their gold hides and whispers behind thrones, that cities heed their words, that Ubars are often in their debt.
Doubtless amongst the Merchants, as amongst other men, one will find the astute and honorable, the honest and diligent, the noble and loyal, as well as the corrupt and greedy, the cruel and callous, the venal and heartless.
The girl before me might once, I supposed, if of the high Merchants, or such, as she claimed, have been wealthy.
But now she was a portion, a negligible portion I would suppose, of the wealth of another.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter )