Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 192 | I also learned the use of the shield, primarily to meet the cast spear obliquely so that it would deflect harmlessly. |
| 3 | 193 | Toward the end of my training I always fought with shield and helmet. |
| 3 | 194 | I would have supposed that armor, or chain mail perhaps, would have been a desirable addition to the accouterments of the Gorean warrior, but it had been forbidden by the Priest-Kings. |
| 3 | 195 | A possible hypothesis to explain this is that the Priest-Kings may have wished war to be a biologically selective process in which the weaker and slower perish and fail to reproduce themselves. |
| 3 | 196 | This might account for the relatively primitive weapons allowed to the Men Below the Mountains. |
| 3 | 197 | On Gor it was not the case that a cavern-chested toothpick could close a switch and devastate an army. |
| 3 | 198 | Also, the primitive weapons guaranteed that what selection went on would proceed with sufficient slowness to establish its direction, and alter it, if necessary. |
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I also learned the use of the shield, primarily to meet the cast spear obliquely so that it would deflect harmlessly.
Toward the end of my training I always fought with shield and helmet.
I would have supposed that armor, or chain mail perhaps, would have been a desirable addition to the accouterments of the Gorean warrior, but it had been forbidden by the Priest-Kings.
A possible hypothesis to explain this is that the Priest-Kings may have wished war to be a biologically selective process in which the weaker and slower perish and fail to reproduce themselves.
This might account for the relatively primitive weapons allowed to the Men Below the Mountains.
On Gor it was not the case that a cavern-chested toothpick could close a switch and devastate an army.
Also, the primitive weapons guaranteed that what selection went on would proceed with sufficient slowness to establish its direction, and alter it, if necessary.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )