Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 26 | 26 | Such men may, for example, pursue a fugitive from city to city with impunity, regardless of caste, warfare, and home stone. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 26 | 23 | Two further aspects of the Gorean way might also be considered, first, the suspicion and hostility obtaining amongst diverse polities, which militates against cooperation and assistance, and the limits of Gorean law, even within a polity, as Goreans tend to be radically independent and likely to resent the intrusion of others, even a polity, into what are regarded as their own concerns or affairs. |
| 26 | 24 | For example, vendettas occasionally take place amongst families, in which the polity, and others, respecting the wishes of the participants, decline to intervene. |
| 26 | 25 | Given such considerations, and the consequent difficulty, frequently recognized, of obtaining justice, satisfaction, or vengeance, as the case may be, one can well understand the existence of an order of men, itinerant, independent, dedicated, armed, and skilled, for hire. |
| 26 | 26 | Such men may, for example, pursue a fugitive from city to city with impunity, regardless of caste, warfare, and home stone. |
| 26 | 27 | Few will interfere with the hunting Assassin, sable-clad, dagger on brow, passing amongst them, going quietly about his work. |
| 26 | 28 | Similarly, few would challenge the wind, or the dark sky from which lightning might strike. |
| 26 | 29 | Some Assassins are particular in accepting their commissions, but, clearly, others are not. |
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Two further aspects of the Gorean way might also be considered, first, the suspicion and hostility obtaining amongst diverse polities, which militates against cooperation and assistance, and the limits of Gorean law, even within a polity, as Goreans tend to be radically independent and likely to resent the intrusion of others, even a polity, into what are regarded as their own concerns or affairs.
For example, vendettas occasionally take place amongst families, in which the polity, and others, respecting the wishes of the participants, decline to intervene.
Given such considerations, and the consequent difficulty, frequently recognized, of obtaining justice, satisfaction, or vengeance, as the case may be, one can well understand the existence of an order of men, itinerant, independent, dedicated, armed, and skilled, for hire.
Such men may, for example, pursue a fugitive from city to city with impunity, regardless of caste, warfare, and home stone.
Few will interfere with the hunting Assassin, sable-clad, dagger on brow, passing amongst them, going quietly about his work.
Similarly, few would challenge the wind, or the dark sky from which lightning might strike.
Some Assassins are particular in accepting their commissions, but, clearly, others are not.
- (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 26)