Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
2
271
In fact, there is so little probability that this tale will be believed that the priest-kings of Sardar, the Keepers of the Sacred Place, have apparently granted that it may be recorded.
2
272
I am glad of this, because I must tell this story.
2
273
I have seen things of which I must speak, even if, as it is said here, only to the Towers.
2
274
Why have the priest-kings been so lenient in this case—those who control this second earth? I think the answer is simple.
2
275
Enough humanity remains in them, if they are human, for we have never seen them, to be vain; enough vanity remains in them to wish to inform you of their existence, if only in a way that you will not accept or be able to consider seriously.
2
276
Perhaps there is humor in the Sacred Place, or irony.
2
277
After all, suppose you should accept this tale, should learn of the Counter-Earth and of the Voyages of Acquisition, what could you do? You could do nothing, you with your rudimentary technology of which you are so proud—you could do nothing at least for a thousand years, and by that time, if the priest-kings choose, this planet will have found a new sun, and new peoples to populate its verdant surface.
In fact, there is so little probability that this tale will be believed that the priest-kings of Sardar, the Keepers of the Sacred Place, have apparently granted that it may be recorded.
I am glad of this, because I must tell this story.
I have seen things of which I must speak, even if, as it is said here, only to the Towers.
Why have the priest-kings been so lenient in this case—those who control this second earth? I think the answer is simple.
Enough humanity remains in them, if they are human, for we have never seen them, to be vain; enough vanity remains in them to wish to inform you of their existence, if only in a way that you will not accept or be able to consider seriously.
Perhaps there is humor in the Sacred Place, or irony.
After all, suppose you should accept this tale, should learn of the Counter-Earth and of the Voyages of Acquisition, what could you do? You could do nothing, you with your rudimentary technology of which you are so proud—you could do nothing at least for a thousand years, and by that time, if the priest-kings choose, this planet will have found a new sun, and new peoples to populate its verdant surface.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )