Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 30 | Their pen, so to speak, was the sword, and their ink, blood. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 27 | Many Goreans of the lower castes could not read and write. |
| 49 | 28 | Interestingly, some Goreans of the upper castes, notably the Warriors, prided themselves on their lack of "letters," regarding reading and writing as scribes' work and beneath their dignity. |
| 49 | 29 | I think few of them would have regarded the "pen" as "mightier than the sword". |
| 49 | 30 | Their pen, so to speak, was the sword, and their ink, blood. |
| 49 | 31 | Certainly in any contest of the pen against the sword, one supposes it might be judicious to wager on the sword. |
| 49 | 32 | It tends to be longer and sharper, and often dictates what the pen will write. |
| 49 | 33 | Four members of the scribes were seated at a table to the side, their papers before them. |
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Many Goreans of the lower castes could not read and write.
Interestingly, some Goreans of the upper castes, notably the Warriors, prided themselves on their lack of "letters," regarding reading and writing as scribes' work and beneath their dignity.
I think few of them would have regarded the "pen" as "mightier than the sword".
Their pen, so to speak, was the sword, and their ink, blood.
Certainly in any contest of the pen against the sword, one supposes it might be judicious to wager on the sword.
It tends to be longer and sharper, and often dictates what the pen will write.
Four members of the scribes were seated at a table to the side, their papers before them.
- (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 49)