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Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)

Men lived in a truce with the Priest-Kings, keeping their laws and festivals, making the required sacrifices and libations, but, on the whole, forgetting about them as much as possible. - (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #80)
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12 80 Men lived in a truce with the Priest-Kings, keeping their laws and festivals, making the required sacrifices and libations, but, on the whole, forgetting about them as much as possible.

Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)

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12 77 The singer was thought to have an unusual skill, but so, too, were the tarn-keeper and the woodsman.
12 78 Poets on Gor, as in my native world, were regarded with some skepticism and thought to be a little foolish, but it had not occurred to anyone that they might suffer from divine madness or be the periodic recipients of the inspiration of the gods.
12 79 The Priest-Kings of Gor, who served as the divinities of this rude planet, inspired little but awe, and occasionally fear.
12 80 Men lived in a truce with the Priest-Kings, keeping their laws and festivals, making the required sacrifices and libations, but, on the whole, forgetting about them as much as possible.
12 81 Had it been suggested to a poet that he had been inspired by a Priest-King the fellow would have been scandalized.
12 82 "I, So-and-So of Such-and-Such a City, made this song," he would say, "not a Priest-King".
12 83 In spite of some reservations the Poet, or Singer, was loved on Gor.
The singer was thought to have an unusual skill, but so, too, were the tarn-keeper and the woodsman. Poets on Gor, as in my native world, were regarded with some skepticism and thought to be a little foolish, but it had not occurred to anyone that they might suffer from divine madness or be the periodic recipients of the inspiration of the gods. The Priest-Kings of Gor, who served as the divinities of this rude planet, inspired little but awe, and occasionally fear. Men lived in a truce with the Priest-Kings, keeping their laws and festivals, making the required sacrifices and libations, but, on the whole, forgetting about them as much as possible. Had it been suggested to a poet that he had been inspired by a Priest-King the fellow would have been scandalized. "I, So-and-So of Such-and-Such a City, made this song," he would say, "not a Priest-King". In spite of some reservations the Poet, or Singer, was loved on Gor. - (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter 12)