I knew the support of that weight depended partly on the skillful use of the cords and back, but sheer strength was only too obviously necessary, and this man, and his caste brothers, over the generations, had been shaped to their task.
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Lesser men had turned outlaw or died.
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In rare cases, one might have been permitted by the Council of High castes to raise caste.
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None of course would accept a lower caste, and there were lower castes, the caste of Peasants, for example, the most basic caste of all Gor.
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The man approached more closely.
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His eyes were almost covered with a white, shaggy, inverted bowl of hair, matted with twigs and leaves.
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The whiskers had been scraped from his face, probably by the blade of the broad, double-headed wood ax bound on top of the bundle.
I knew the support of that weight depended partly on the skillful use of the cords and back, but sheer strength was only too obviously necessary, and this man, and his caste brothers, over the generations, had been shaped to their task.
Lesser men had turned outlaw or died.
In rare cases, one might have been permitted by the Council of High castes to raise caste.
None of course would accept a lower caste, and there were lower castes, the caste of Peasants, for example, the most basic caste of all Gor.
The man approached more closely.
His eyes were almost covered with a white, shaggy, inverted bowl of hair, matted with twigs and leaves.
The whiskers had been scraped from his face, probably by the blade of the broad, double-headed wood ax bound on top of the bundle.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )