Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 199 | Besides the spear and sword, the crossbow and longbow were permitted, and these latter weapons perhaps tended to redistribute the probabilities of survival somewhat more broadly than the former. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 3 | 199 | Besides the spear and sword, the crossbow and longbow were permitted, and these latter weapons perhaps tended to redistribute the probabilities of survival somewhat more broadly than the former. |
| 3 | 200 | It may be, of course, that the Priest-Kings controlled weapons as they did simply because they feared for their own safety. |
| 3 | 201 | I doubted that they stood against one another, man to man, sword to sword, in their holy mountains, putting their principles of selection to the test in their own cases. |
| 3 | 202 | Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, I did receive some instruction in them, but not much. |
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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.
Besides the spear and sword, the crossbow and longbow were permitted, and these latter weapons perhaps tended to redistribute the probabilities of survival somewhat more broadly than the former.
It may be, of course, that the Priest-Kings controlled weapons as they did simply because they feared for their own safety.
I doubted that they stood against one another, man to man, sword to sword, in their holy mountains, putting their principles of selection to the test in their own cases.
Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, I did receive some instruction in them, but not much.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 3)